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sfneal/view-models
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spatie/view-models wrapper with built in response caching.

5.2.0(1y ago)091.6k[1 issues](https://github.com/sfneal/view-models/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/sfneal/view-models/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3CI passing

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View Models
===========

[](#view-models)

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spatie/view-models wrapper with built in response caching

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require sfneal/view-models
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A view model is a class where you can put some complex logic for your views. This will make your controllers a bit lighter. You can create a view model by extending the provided Sfneal\\ViewModels\\AbstractViewModel.

```
use Sfneal\ViewModels\ViewModel;

class PostViewModel extends ViewModel
{
    public $indexUrl = null;

    public function __construct(User $user, Post $post = null)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
        $this->post = $post;

        $this->indexUrl = action([PostsController::class, 'index']);
        $this->view = 'your.view';
    }

    public function post(): Post
    {
        return $this->post ?? new Post();
    }

    public function categories(): Collection
    {
        return Category::canBeUsedBy($this->user)->get();
    }
}
```

And used in controllers like so:

```
class PostsController
{
    public function create()
    {
        // Uses caching for fast load times after first request
        return (new PostViewModel(current_user()))->render();
    }

    public function edit(Post $post)
    {
        // Doesn't use caching to avoid need for cache invalidation on changes
        return (new PostViewModel(current_user(), $post))->renderNoCache();
    }
}
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Stephen Neal](https://github.com/sfneal)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

PHP Package Boilerplate
-----------------------

[](#php-package-boilerplate)

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###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.6% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~46 days

Total

34

Last Release

570d ago

Major Versions

0.4.2 → 1.0.02021-01-27

1.1.3 → 2.0.02021-03-29

2.1.0 → 3.0.02021-04-06

3.1.0 → 4.0.02022-03-01

4.0.0 → 5.0.02024-04-17

PHP version history (5 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP ^7.2

0.3.0PHP >=7.1

4.0.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

5.0.0PHP ^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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