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romeoz/rock-events
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A simple implementation of Pub/Sub for PHP

0.11.0(10y ago)24.9k7MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jan 28Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Implementation of Publisher-Subscriber for PHP
==============================================

[](#implementation-of-publisher-subscriber-for-php)

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Handler can be a closure, instance, and static class
- Standalone module/component for [Rock Framework](https://github.com/romeOz/rock)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

From the Command Line:

```
composer require romeoz/rock-events

```

In your composer.json:

```
{
    "require": {
        "romeoz/rock-events": "*"
    }
}
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use rock\events\Event;

class Foo
{
    public $str = 'Rock!';
}

$object = new Foo();
$eventName = 'onAfter';
$handler = function (Event $event) {
    echo "Hello {$event->owner->str}";
};

Event::on($object, $eventName, $handler);

Event::trigger($object,  'onAfter'); // output: Hello Rock!
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

\####on(string|object $class, string $name, callable $handler)

To subscribe to the event.

Set a handler can be as follows:

```
$handler = function (Event $event) {
    echo "Hello Rock!";
};
Event::on(new Foo, 'onAfter', $handler);
```

Options:

- `function (Event $event) { ... }`
- `[new Foo, 'method']`
- `['Foo', 'static_method']`

\####trigger(string|object $class, string $name, Event $event = null)

To publish event.

```
Event::trigger(new Foo,  'onEvent');

// or

Event::trigger('test\Foo',  'onEvent');
```

\####off(string|object $class, string $name, callable $handler = null)

Detach event.

```
$handler =
    function (Event $event) {
        echo 'Hello Rock!'
    };
$instance =  new Foo;
Event::on($instance, 'onAfter', $handler);

Event::off($instance, 'onAfter');
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- **PHP 5.4+**

License
-------

[](#license)

The Rock Events is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Every ~40 days

Total

8

Last Release

3838d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/23c5d84a59845d751cb69f5469986579b9312c54c898b366fefdc05baaa80a9c?d=identicon)[romeOz](/maintainers/romeOz)

---

Top Contributors

[![romeOz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3135712?v=4)](https://github.com/romeOz "romeOz (42 commits)")

---

Tags

eventpubsubpublish-subscribe

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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