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simotod/slim-download
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Slim extension to implement download view render

v1.1.0(11y ago)11232MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Feb 3Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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slim-download
=============

[](#slim-download)

This is an extension to the [SLIM framework](https://github.com/codeguy/Slim) vers.2 to implement the download of a file from a route. It can be used to check the user permissions before of permits the downloading of a file, to count the number of download or for something else useful.

\##Installation Using composer you can add use this as your composer.json

```
    {
        "require": {
            "simotod/slim-download": "dev-master"
        }
    }
```

\##Usage

```
    require 'vendor/autoload.php';

    $app = new \Slim\Slim();

	$app->get('/download', function () use ($app) {
		//Do some stuff here

		$filepath = "/path/to/file";

		$app->view(new \SimoTod\SlimDownload\DownloadView());
		$app->render($filepath);
	});

	$app->run();

```

\###example method all your requests will be returning a file output. the usage will be `$app->render( (string)$FILE_PATH, (array)$DATA);`Downladed file use the real name and 'application/octet-stream' as content type. Content type can be overriden by $DATA\["CONTENT\_TYPE"\]. File name can be overriden by $DATA\["FILENAME"\].

```
	$app->get('/download', function () use ($app) {
		//Do some stuff here

		$filepath = "/path/to/pdf";
		$data = array();
		$data["CONTENT_TYPE"] = "application/pdf";
		$data["FILENAME"] = "sample.pdf";

		$app->view(new \SimoTod\SlimDownload\DownloadView());
		$app->render($filepath);
	});

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~46 days

Total

2

Last Release

4066d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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