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zendframework/zend-expressive
=============================

PSR-15 Middleware Microframework

3.2.1(7y ago)7811.7M—6.1%191[15 issues](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1

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zend-expressive
===============

[](#zend-expressive)

> ## Repository abandoned 2019-12-31
>
> [](#repository-abandoned-2019-12-31)
>
> This repository has moved to [mezzio/mezzio](https://github.com/mezzio/mezzio).

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1a486306f0a444743158aa25100c48007174d017f78d9a0a0af9250ca77ef53b/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d657870726573736976652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://secure.travis-ci.org/zendframework/zend-expressive)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/498aa048243896cf610651de63b572500dd7c3b173c1ae4f857543c1524b90e6/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d657870726573736976652f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/zendframework/zend-expressive?branch=master)

*Develop PSR-7 middleware applications in minutes!*

zend-expressive builds on [zend-stratigility](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-stratigility)to provide a minimalist PSR-7 middleware framework for PHP, with the following features:

- Routing. Choose your own router; we support:
    - [Aura.Router](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Router)
    - [FastRoute](https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute)
    - [zend-router](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-router)
- DI Containers, via [PSR-11 Container](https://github.com/php-fig/container). Middleware matched via routing is retrieved from the composed container.
- Optionally, templating. We support:
    - [Plates](http://platesphp.com/)
    - [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/)
    - [ZF2's PhpRenderer](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-view)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

We provide two ways to install Expressive, both using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org): via our [skeleton project and installer](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-skeleton), or manually.

### Using the skeleton + installer

[](#using-the-skeleton--installer)

The simplest way to install and get started is using the skeleton project, which includes installer scripts for choosing a router, dependency injection container, and optionally a template renderer and/or error handler. The skeleton also provides configuration for officially supported dependencies.

To use the skeleton, use Composer's `create-project` command:

```
$ composer create-project zendframework/zend-expressive-skeleton
```

This will prompt you through choosing your dependencies, and then create and install the project in the `` (omitting the `` will create and install in a `zend-expressive-skeleton/` directory).

### Manual Composer installation

[](#manual-composer-installation)

You can install Expressive standalone using Composer:

```
$ composer require zendframework/zend-expressive
```

However, at this point, Expressive is not usable, as you need to supply minimally:

- a router.
- a dependency injection container.

We currently support and provide the following routing integrations:

- [Aura.Router](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Router): `composer require zendframework/zend-expressive-aurarouter`
- [FastRoute](https://github.com/nikic/FastRoute): `composer require zendframework/zend-expressive-fastroute`
- [zend-router](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-router): `composer require zendframework/zend-expressive-zendrouter`

We recommend using a dependency injection container, and typehint against [PSR-11 Container](https://github.com/php-fig/container). We can recommend the following implementations:

- [zend-servicemanager](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-servicemanager): `composer require zendframework/zend-servicemanager`
- [Pimple](https://github.com/silexphp/Pimple) (see [docs](docs/book/features/container/pimple.md) for more details): `composer require zendframework/zend-pimple-config`
- [Aura.Di](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Di) (see [docs](docs/book/features/container/aura-di.md) for more details): `composer require zendframework/zend-auradi-config`

Additionally, you may optionally want to install a template renderer implementation, and/or an error handling integration. These are covered in the documentation.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation is [in the doc tree](docs/book/), and can be compiled using [mkdocs](http://www.mkdocs.org):

```
$ mkdocs build
```

Additionally, public-facing, browseable documentation is available at

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity63

Solid adoption and visibility

Community50

Growing community involvement

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.4% 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 ~20 days

Recently: every ~53 days

Total

59

Last Release

2748d ago

Major Versions

0.5.3 → 1.0.0rc12015-10-20

1.1.1 → 2.0.02017-03-07

2.1.0 → 3.0.0alpha12018-02-05

2.2.0 → 3.0.0rc42018-03-13

2.2.1 → 3.0.12018-03-19

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.5

1.0.0rc3PHP ^5.5 || ^7.0

1.0.2PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

3.0.0alpha1PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/296074?v=4)[Zend Framework](/maintainers/zendframework)[@zendframework](https://github.com/zendframework)

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Tags

microframeworkmicroservicemiddlewaremiddleware-pipelinephpphp71psr-11psr-15psr-7zend-expressivezend-frameworkhttppsrpsr-7middlewarePSR-11psr-15ZendFrameworkzfexpressivezend-expressive

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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