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shadowprince/forman
===================

Form component for shadowprince/slimext

0.2.3(12y ago)0272BSDPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Oct 15Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Forman
------

[](#forman)

Forman is library for working with forms.

#### in code

[](#in-code)

```
$form = new \Forman\Form(
    new \Forman\Field\Value("email"),
    new \Forman\Field\Text("text"),
    (new \Forman\Field\Checkbox("subscr"))->setValue(1)
);

if ($data = $form->process($_POST)) {
    // send email
}

render_template("contact.html", array(
    "form" => $form->getRenderer("\Forman\Render\HTML\Renderer")
        ->setAction("/contact")
        ->GET(),
));
```

### in template

[](#in-template)

```
{{ form.render|raw }}
```

### or

[](#or)

```
{{ form.top|raw }}
That's my form
{{ form.elements|raw }}
{{ form.bottom|raw }}
```

### or even

[](#or-even)

```

    {% for field in form.getFields %}
        {% if field.getCaption %}
            {{ field.getCaption }}
        {% endif %}

            {{ field.renderTag|raw }}

        {% if field.getHint %}

                {{ field.getHint }}

        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}

```

Forman writed for [slimext](http://github.com/shadowprince/slimext), but not attached to it, you can use it with any framework or without it. Additional parameters to `process` passed to form validators (you can provide orm object or application instance).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

13

Last Release

4559d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f670a13ea375c99232c8b9e8404b888ac28ea3225d02c551da4c6d27c2a17a57?d=identicon)[ShadowPrince](/maintainers/ShadowPrince)

---

Tags

componentFormsslimext

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