# php-pds/skeleton

Standard PHP package skeleton.

Repository: https://github.com/php-pds/skeleton
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-pds-skeleton
Language: PHP
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-12-11T10:31:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3557, "days_push": 996, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2422, forks 165 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.628388+00:00)

## What it is
A standard specification describing a filesystem skeleton for PHP packages, defining canonical names for root-level directories and files like bin/, src/, tests/, and README. It also ships command-line tools for validating or generating PDS-conformant package structures.

## Use cases
- standardize directory layout for a PHP package
- validate that my PHP package follows a filesystem convention
- generate a skeleton for a new PHP library
- decide where config, docs, and tests go in a PHP project
- adopt a common package structure across a PHP team

## When to choose
- you are starting a new PHP package and want a conventional layout
- you want consistency across multiple PHP repositories
- you need a validator for package structure compliance

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable application framework or starter template with code
- your project must follow an existing framework's own conventions
- you work outside the PHP ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, documentation
- platform: php, cli
- tags: php-package-structure, coding-standard, filesystem-convention, pds, specification, php

## Member repositories
- php-pds/skeleton (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.628388+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:33:01.836999+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/php-pds/skeleton (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.628388+00:00, sha ef4cd357e752)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.