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phpish/link\_header
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Link header (RFC 5988) parser

v1.0.0(12y ago)544.9k[2 issues](https://github.com/phpish/link_header/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpish/link\_header
===================

[](#phpishlink_header)

Link header (RFC 5988) parser.

Namespace
---------

[](#namespace)

`phpish\link_header`

Functions
---------

[](#functions)

array **parse**( string *$link\_value* )

array **parse**( array *$link\_values* )

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See `example.php`

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance12

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4649d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e114ba2144bf51ccaebd841e8a59db33a11012bb097c022cb326a009d83249f2?d=identicon)[phpish](/maintainers/phpish)

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Top Contributors

[![sandeepshetty](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20508?v=4)](https://github.com/sandeepshetty "sandeepshetty (5 commits)")

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Tags

http

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