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spajak/flow
===========

Simple PHP application base

0.9.1(2mo ago)033[1 PRs](https://github.com/spajak/flow/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=8.4CI passing

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Flow
====

[](#flow)

Simple PHP HTTP application base using:

- PSR-7 HTTP Message / PSR-17 HTTP Factories: [nyholm/psr7](https://github.com/Nyholm/psr7)
- PSR-15 HTTP Handlers / Middleware: [northwoods/broker](https://github.com/northwoods/broker)
- PSR-11: Container: [php-di/php-di](https://github.com/PHP-DI/PHP-DI)
- Routing: [nikic/fast-route](https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute)
- Console: [symfony/console](https://github.com/symfony/console)

Rationale
---------

[](#rationale)

- Basing on standardized interfaces and well tested components;
- Not being tied to any specific framework;
- Being able to make lightweight and customizable apps fast with just PHP's `include`s and anonymous functions.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$app = new Flow\Application;
```

Register services (using: [php-di/php-di](https://github.com/PHP-DI/PHP-DI)):

```
$services = [];
$services['hello'] = function() {
    return new class {
        public function sayHello($name) { return "Hello {$name}!"; }
    };
};
$app->getContainerBuilder()->addDefinitions($services);
```

Register routes (using: [nikic/fast-route](https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute)):

```
$app->getRouteCollector()->get('/hello[/{name}]', function($request, $name = 'World') use ($app) {
    $container = $app->getContainer();
    $response = $container->get('http_factory')->createResponse(200);
    $response->getBody()->write(
        $container->get('hello')->sayHello($name)
    );
    return $response;
});
```

Register console commands (using: [symfony/console](https://github.com/symfony/console)):

```
$app->getConsole()->register('hello')
    ->setDescription('Say hello')
    ->addArgument('name', null, 'Your name', 'World')
    ->setCode(function($input, $output) use ($app) {
        $service = $app->getContainer()->get('hello');
        $output->writeLn($service->sayHello($input->getArgument('name')));
    });
```

…or use factories to lazy-load commands:

```
use Flow\Command\RequestCommand;
use Flow\Emitter\ConsoleEmitter;

$commands = [];
$commands['request'] = function() use ($app) {
    return new RequestCommand(
        $app->getServerRequestCreator(),
        $app->getBroker(),
        new ConsoleEmitter
    );
}
$app->getCommandLoader()->addFactories($commands);
```

At the end of the script, simply run the application:

```
$app->run();
```

Try it from terminal:

```
$ php examples/application.php hello "Grim Reaper"
$ php examples/application.php request GET /hello
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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 ~377 days

Total

2

Last Release

69d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.9.0PHP >=8.2

0.9.1PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/579cfadceb6c30283b191014fc7f46e7f32f3bf89ec09742c8fc4fa757e03f17?d=identicon)[spajak](/maintainers/spajak)

---

Top Contributors

[![spajak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2893066?v=4)](https://github.com/spajak "spajak (25 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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