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3f/meta
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A class and a collection to handle metadata and access them "à la" C#.

1.1.1(8y ago)06.1k↓44.8%2Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Nov 15Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dedalozzo/meta)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/3f/meta)[ Docs](https://github.com/dedalozzo/meta)[ RSS](/packages/3f-meta/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (1)Versions (4)Used By (2)

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Meta
====

[](#meta)

A class and a collection to handle metadata and access them "à la" C#.

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

To install Meta, you first need to install [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), a Package Manager for PHP, following these few [steps](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix):

```
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

You can run this command to easily access composer from anywhere on your system:

```
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
```

Meta Installation
-----------------

[](#meta-installation)

Once you have installed Composer, it's easy install Meta.

1. Edit your `composer.json` file, adding Meta to the require section:

```
{
    "require": {
        "3f/meta": "dev-master"
    },
}
```

2. Run the following command in your project root dir:

```
composer update
```

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

[](#documentation)

The documentation can be generated using [Doxygen](http://doxygen.org). A `Doxyfile` is provided for your convenience.

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

Filippo F. Fadda -  -

Copyright
---------

[](#copyright)

Copyright (c) 2016-2017, Filippo Fadda All rights reserved.

License
-------

[](#license)

Meta is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~7 days

Total

3

Last Release

3092d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)[Filippo Fadda](/maintainers/dedalozzo)[@dedalozzo](https://github.com/dedalozzo)

---

Top Contributors

[![dedalozzo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)](https://github.com/dedalozzo "dedalozzo (6 commits)")

---

Tags

classcollectionmetadataphppropertiesmetadatacollectionpropertiesmeta

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