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adrianschubek/optional
======================

Adds optional() functionality

1.0(5y ago)110MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Jul 18Pushed 5y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/adrianschubek/optional)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/adrianschubek/optional)[ Docs](https://docs.adriansoftware.de/optional)[ RSS](/packages/adrianschubek-optional/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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Optional
========

[](#optional)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/28d97a1e3a95b7cbd4d96c93f8e577a3b76eb5aaead196136f84582a57a7a4bb/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f61647269616e7363687562656b2f6f7074696f6e616c2f76)](//packagist.org/packages/adrianschubek/optional)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7a31322a891af93ddc728fe152c8f44b58c58f14f9879c15ee38b33c3d75c0bf/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f61647269616e7363687562656b2f6f7074696f6e616c2f6c6963656e7365)](//packagist.org/packages/adrianschubek/optional)
An optional helper supporting [macros](https://github.com/adrianschubek/macro).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require adrianschubek/optional

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
// UserRepository::find(123) returns `null`

$balance = optional(UserRepository::find(123))->getBankAccount()->getBalance(); // Ok, no error. returns null

$balance = UserRepository::find(123)->getBankAccount()->getBalance(); // Error
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2127d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/500782457c7bfa139f0c77fc085cceaf6114c39ff2e7551c32bedb36af2a759b?d=identicon)[adrian.schubek](/maintainers/adrian.schubek)

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Top Contributors

[![adrianschubek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19362349?v=4)](https://github.com/adrianschubek "adrianschubek (2 commits)")

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