Luracast/Restler

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1382 stars · 315 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Restler is a zero-boilerplate REST API framework for PHP 8+ that uses reflection to auto-generate routes, validation, and OpenAPI documentation from plain PHP classes. It supports multiple response formats (JSON, XML, CSV, HTML) and async runtimes like Swoole, OpenSwoole, and ReactPHP.

Use cases

• build a REST API in PHP without writing controllers or route files
• auto-generate OpenAPI/Swagger documentation from PHP classes
• expose existing PHP class methods as REST endpoints
• serve JSON, XML, CSV, and Excel responses from one API
• run a high-throughput PHP API on Swoole or ReactPHP
• validate request parameters automatically from type hints

When to choose

• you want minimal-boilerplate REST APIs in plain PHP classes
• you need OpenAPI docs generated automatically from your code
• you want multi-format content negotiation (JSON, XML, CSV, HTML)
• you need async PHP performance via Swoole or ReactPHP

When to avoid

• you need a full-stack framework with ORM, templating, and queues like Laravel or Symfony
• your team prefers explicit route/controller definitions over reflection-based magic
• you need a license-guaranteed project (no license file is present)

Facets

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api-framework web-framework routing serialization middleware documentation web-development backend apis developer-tools php serverless rest-api openapi swagger zero-boilerplate swoole reactphp content-negotiation auto-validation psr-7 web-server docker

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