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phpneeds/phpneeds
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PHPneeds is a lightweight non-MVC PHP library for quickly start a project.

v1.3.0(4y ago)45MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Sep 15Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPneeds is a lightweight non-MVC PHP library for quickly start a project.

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---

### About

[](#about)

PHPneeds is an attempt to show that it's not necessary to use MVC and FRAMEWORK in every project, it can be done also old-school way without spaghetti.

---

### Installation

[](#installation)

"**--keep-vcs**" is important for upgrade the prject from git.

```
composer create-project phpneeds/phpneeds {your_project_name} --keep-vcs

```

---

### NGINX Rewrite Rules

[](#nginx-rewrite-rules)

#### for image.php

[](#for-imagephp)

```
rewrite "^/assets/images/(.*)-w=([0-9]{1,4})-h=([0-9]{1,4})-q=([0-9]{1,4})-c=([0-1]{1,4}).jpg$" /assets/images/image.php?f=$1&w=$2&h=$3&q=$4&c=$5;

```

### Upgrade

[](#upgrade)

Composer cannot upgrade packages of type "**project**". You can upgrade this project files with "**git**".

**important: Directory structure may change after upgrade via git**

```
git pull origin tags/v{version}

```

Classes will be upgrade via Composer. Because, "**Libs**" separated from base project

```
composer update

```

---

### Author

[](#author)

- [Mertcan Ayhan](mailto:mertowitch@gmail.com) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mertcan-ayhan/))

---

### License

[](#license)

The code for PHPneeds is distributed under the terms of the MIT license (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~3 days

Total

10

Last Release

1671d ago

Major Versions

v0.4.0 → v1.0.02021-10-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b889f508a8e1ff28107857d2caf346a7f3631eae387864cf371dfdf75102bb88?d=identicon)[mertowitch](/maintainers/mertowitch)

---

Top Contributors

[![mertowitch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12594339?v=4)](https://github.com/mertowitch "mertowitch (119 commits)")

---

Tags

lightweightnoframeworknon-mvcphpphplightweightNoFrameworknon-mvcphpneeds

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