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Welcome to PivotPHP - The evolutionary PHP microframework designed for building modern, high-performance applications with minimal overhead.

🚧 Development Status
PivotPHP is currently in active development. New features and extensions are being added regularly. It's perfect for concept validation and local API development, but not yet recommended for production use.

Why PivotPHP?

PivotPHP brings the simplicity and elegance of Express.js to the PHP ecosystem while maintaining the performance and reliability PHP developers expect. With impressive API throughput (up to 70.9 million requests/hour), zero configuration requirements, and PSR-15 compliance, PivotPHP is perfect for:

  • Local API development and testing
  • Concept validation and prototyping
  • Learning modern PHP patterns
  • Building proof-of-concept applications

Key Features

🚀 High-Performance APIs

With exceptional API performance, PivotPHP delivers outstanding speed for real-world applications. Our latest v2.0.0 benchmarks show:

  • HTTP Throughput: 44,092 operations/sec (Maintained from v1.2.0)
  • Autoload Performance: 59% faster (Zero aliases overhead)
  • Memory Footprint: 1.45MB (10% reduction from v1.2.0)
  • Application Bootstrap: ~6ms (59% faster than v1.2.0)
  • Documentation Middleware: 1.7M operations/sec (ApiDocumentationMiddleware)
  • Clean Architecture: 18% code reduction (11,871 lines removed)

v2.0.0 “Legacy Cleanup Edition” - Simplicity through Elimination

🛡️ Security First

Built-in security features including CSRF protection, XSS prevention, rate limiting, and secure authentication make your applications safe by default.

🔧 Zero Configuration

Start building immediately with sensible defaults. No complex configuration files or setup required - just install and code.

📦 PSR Compliant

Full compliance with PSR-7 (HTTP messages), PSR-15 (middleware), and PSR-12 (coding standards) ensures compatibility with the PHP ecosystem.

📝 Automatic OpenAPI/Swagger Documentation

Zero-configuration API documentation with interactive testing interface:

// Enable automatic documentation in 3 lines
$app->use(new ApiDocumentationMiddleware());
// ✅ Access: http://localhost:8080/swagger (Swagger UI)
// ✅ Access: http://localhost:8080/docs (OpenAPI JSON)

🧹 Clean Architecture (NEW in v2.0.0)

  • 18% Code Reduction: Removed 11,871 lines of legacy code
  • Zero Deprecated Code: All v1.1.x aliases eliminated
  • Modern Namespaces: Cleaner, more intuitive structure
  • Modular Routing: Extracted to external package
  • Educational Focus: Simpler codebase, easier to learn

💫 Array Callable Support

PHP 8.4+ compatible array callable syntax maintained from v1.1.4:

// Array callable syntax
$app->get('/users', [UserController::class, 'index']);
$app->post('/users', [UserController::class, 'store']);

Getting Started

Ready to build your first PivotPHP application? Head over to our Quick Start guide to create your first app in minutes.

Community & Support

License

PivotPHP is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

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