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PHPMEF allows easy composition and extensibility in an application.

15PHP

Since Jul 8Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPMEF - PHP Managed Extensibility Framework
============================================

[](#phpmef---php-managed-extensibility-framework)

PHPMEF is a PHP port of the .NET Managed Extensibility Framework, allowing easy composition and extensibility in an application using the Inversion of Control principle and 2 easy keywords: @export and @import.

Downloads
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[](#downloads)

Latest download can be found under [releases](https://github.com/maartenba/phpmef/releases).

Hello, PHPMEF!
--------------

[](#hello-phpmef)

Here's a simple example on how PHPMEF can be used:

```

  class HelloWorld {
      /**
       * @import-many MessageToSay
       */
      public $Messages;

      public function sayIt() {
          echo implode(', ', $this->Messages);
      }
  }

  class Hello {
      /**
       * @export MessageToSay
       */
      public $HelloMessage = 'Hello';
  }

  class World {
      /**
       * @export MessageToSay
       */
      public $WorldMessage = 'World!';
  }

  $helloWorld = new HelloWorld();

  $compositionInitializer = new MEF_CompositionInitializer(new MEF_Container_Default());
  $compositionInitializer->satisfyImports($helloWorld);

  $helloWorld->sayIt(); // Hello, World!
``
```

``Check the wiki for more information.``

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.6% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/53e1aa0ac57260add32656bc432db72976faed83f31d5a6248782afa9b69b967?d=identicon)[maartenba](/maintainers/maartenba)

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Top Contributors

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