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thybag/formz
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A Simple Stand-alone PHP Form Helper

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FormZ
=====

[](#formz)

A Simple Stand-alone PHP Form Helper

Installtion
-----------

[](#installtion)

FormZ can be installed via composer using:

```
composer require thybag/formz:dev-master

```

Once composer has installed the library, simply include the standard composer autoloader in to your code.

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php'

```

### Usage Examples

[](#usage-examples)

```
// Make Form refers to formz/Form
use formz\Form;

//Open form
Form::open("/somthing")->attributes(array("class"=>"test"))->render(true);

// Create a required text field with default value of "bob"**
Form::text("name")
 	->attributes(array('required'=>'required'))
 	->defaultValue("Bob")
 	->render(true);

// Select box with list of cows, css class cow_selector
// and default selection of Dexter**
Form::select("cow")
	->options(array(
		'A' => 'Angus',
		'D' => 'Dexter',
		'J' => 'Jersey',
		'H' => 'Holstein'
	))
	->attributes(array('class'=> 'cow_selector'))
	->defaultValue('D')
	->render(true);

Form::close()->render(true);

```

You can have the form automatically populated from post data by calling the following before the form methods

```
Form::populate($_POST);

```

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e22d6c955042e97d5c5a68cc21b540dc6aa3fdb7f830d56274e51dbb6c10d13e?d=identicon)[bag](/maintainers/bag)

---

Top Contributors

[![thybag](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/887397?v=4)](https://github.com/thybag "thybag (26 commits)")

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