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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. vakata/router ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) vakata/router ============= A simple request router 3.1.3(9y ago)118712MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Dec 7Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vakata/router)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vakata/router)[ Docs](https://github.com/vakata/router)[ RSS](/packages/vakata-router/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (3)Versions (16)Used By (2) router ====== [](#router) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e4f94d9995c31f6e27b754da8ce9de49b6f96cbb6f30988b45d80643a81ec52b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f76616b6174612f726f757465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/vakata/router)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.md)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c18b6db984d021ac307d3efc9b467754de01657b704d425881b72d59efe602f5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f76616b6174612f726f757465722f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/vakata/router)[![Code Climate](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f0d931cf941e9570ddb16a62129ba3dbe2b80235818aedefe6f439be4214e13b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636c696d6174652f6769746875622f76616b6174612f726f757465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://codeclimate.com/github/vakata/router)[![Tests Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/062e77b77ef5ab13416066c65458e1a429d216e0129948747f1364232d309b8e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636c696d6174652f636f7665726167652f6769746875622f76616b6174612f726f757465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://codeclimate.com/github/vakata/router) A simple request router. Install ------- [](#install) Via Composer ``` $ composer require vakata/router ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` // create an instance $router = new \vakata\router\Router(); $router ->get('/', function () { echo 'homepage'; }) ->get('/profile', function () { echo 'user profile'; }) ->group('/books/', function ($router) { // specify a prefix $router ->get('read/{i:id}', function ($matches) { // this method uses a named placeholder // when visiting /books/read/10 matches will contain: var_dump($matches); // 0 => books, 1 => read, 2 => 10, id => 10 // placeholders are wrapped in curly braces {...} and can be: // - i - an integer // - a - any letter (a-z) // - h - any letter or integer // - * - anything (up to the next slash (/)) // - ** - anything (to the end of the URL) // placeholders can be named too by using the syntax: // {placeholder:name} // placeholders can also be optional // {?optional} }) // for advanced users - you can use any regex as a placeholder: ->get('{(delete|update):action}/{(\d+):id}', function ($matches) { }) // you can also use any HTTP verb ->post('delete/{i:id}', function ($matches) { }) }) // you can also bind multiple HTTP verbs in one go ->add(['GET', 'HEAD'], '/path', function () { }) // you can also use with() statements to execute some code if the begging of the URL is a match to the prefix ->with('user', function () { echo 1; }) ->get('view', function () { /* 1 will be echoed */ }) ->post('chat', function () { /* 1 will be echoed */ }); // there is no need to chain the method calls - this works too: $router->post('123', function () { }); $router->post('456', function () { }); // you finally run the router try { $router->run( parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ); } catch (\vakata\router\RouterNotFoundException $e) { // thrown if no matching route is found } ``` Read more in the [API docs](docs/README.md) Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` $ composer test ``` 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) - [vakata](https://github.com/vakata) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 66% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community13 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 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 ~23 days Total 15 Last Release 3531d ago Major Versions 1.0.4 → 2.0.02016-04-17 2.0.3 → 3.0.02016-07-15 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)[Ivan Bozhanov](/maintainers/vakata)[@vakata](https://github.com/vakata) --- Top Contributors [![vakata](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)](https://github.com/vakata "vakata (24 commits)") --- Tags routervakata ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/vakata-router/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/vakata-router/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/vakata-router) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/routing Maps an HTTP request to a set of configuration variables 7.6k819.6M2.3k](/packages/symfony-routing)[nikic/fast-route Fast request router for PHP 5.3k95.8M741](/packages/nikic-fast-route)[altorouter/altorouter A lightning fast router for PHP 1.3k3.4M73](/packages/altorouter-altorouter)[league/route Fast routing and dispatch component including PSR-15 middleware, built on top of FastRoute. 6673.2M137](/packages/league-route)[aura/router Powerful, flexible web routing for PSR-7 requests. 5001.5M69](/packages/aura-router)[coffeecode/router A classic CoffeeCode Router is easy, fast and extremely uncomplicated. 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