nikic/FastRoute

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FastRoute is a fast, regular expression-based HTTP request router library for PHP. It dispatches HTTP method and URI pairs to registered handlers using route patterns with typed placeholders.

Use cases

• route http requests in a php application
• match urls with dynamic placeholders like /user/{id}
• build a custom php framework or microkernel
• handle 404 and 405 responses for unmatched routes
• define routes for multiple http methods
• speed up routing in a high-traffic php api

When to choose

• you need a fast, standalone router for a PHP 8.1+ project
• you want regex-constrained route placeholders like {id:\d+}
• you are building your own framework or micro-framework and only need routing
• you need clear handling of NOT_FOUND and METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED dispatch results

When to avoid

• you use a full framework (Laravel, Symfony) that already includes a router
• you need middleware, controllers, or other framework features beyond routing
• your project runs on PHP older than 8.1

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library · maturity stable

routing web-framework http-server web-development backend apis php http-router regex-router request-routing composer

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