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

Helper/Utility classes for Expressive

5.3.0(7y ago)341.7M—5.8%16[2 issues](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-helpers/issues)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1

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Helper classes for Expressive
=============================

[](#helper-classes-for-expressive)

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

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/757b6f23d4474bd0befa47d4d3dee01b99c4d3ab22af6058d89b43100ee12b70/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d657870726573736976652d68656c706572732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://secure.travis-ci.org/zendframework/zend-expressive-helpers)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bb4fe7524b29b52d607d511d599223d877ba6bcd96acc24595bab4520e5950a7/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d657870726573736976652d68656c706572732f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/zendframework/zend-expressive-helpers?branch=master)

Helper classes for [Expressive](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive).

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

[](#installation)

Install this library using composer:

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

Helpers Provided
----------------

[](#helpers-provided)

- [URL Helper](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/url-helper/)
- [Server URL Helper](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/server-url-helper/)
- [BodyParams middleware](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/body-parse/)
- [Content-Length middleware](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/content-length/)
- [Template Variable Container](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/template-variable-container/)
- [Route template variable middleware](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/v3/features/helpers/template-variable-container/#route-template-variable-middleware)

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

[](#documentation)

See the [zend-expressive](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive/blob/master/doc/book)documentation tree, or browse online at

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community38

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.8% 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 ~42 days

Recently: every ~57 days

Total

29

Last Release

2624d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 2.0.02016-01-18

2.2.0 → 3.0.02017-01-11

3.0.1 → 4.0.02017-03-13

4.2.0 → 5.0.0alpha12018-02-06

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.5 || ^7.0

3.0.0PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

5.0.0alpha1PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

httppsrpsr-7middlewareZendFrameworkzfexpressivezend-expressive

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