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alecrabbit/php-helpers
======================

PHP helpers functions

0.8.2(5y ago)08.5k[1 PRs](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-helpers/pulls)10MITPHPPHP ^7.2

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PHP Helpers
===========

[](#php-helpers)

Set of useful helper functions

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### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require alecrabbit/php-helpers
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

> See [examples](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-helpers/tree/master/examples)

##### Quick example

[](#quick-example)

```
use function \AlecRabbit\typeOf;

echo typeOf(1); // "integer"
```

Functions
---------

[](#functions)

### [Miscellaneous Functions](docs/miscFunctions.md)

[](#miscellaneous-functions)

- typeOf()
- swap()
- inContainer()
- inRange()
- onWindows()

### [Array functions](docs/arrayFunctions.md)

[](#array-functions)

- is\_homogeneous()
- formatted\_array()
- array\_unset\_first()
- array\_unset\_last()

### [Numeric functions](docs/numericFunctions.md)

[](#numeric-functions)

- is\_negative()
- bounds()
- trim\_zeros()

### [Object functions](docs/objectsFunctions.md)

[](#object-functions)

- callMethod()
- getValue()

### [Time functions](docs/timeFunctions.md)

[](#time-functions)

- now()
- carbon()
- base\_timestamp()

### [String functions](docs/stringFunctions.md)

[](#string-functions)

- tag()
- brackets()
- str\_wrap()
- format\_bytes()
- format\_time()
- format\_time\_auto()
- boolToStr()

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.6% 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 ~21 days

Recently: every ~84 days

Total

26

Last Release

2188d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.16PHP >=7.2

0.3.1PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

arraystringformatwrapprivatetrimprotectedfirst\_\_unsetzeros

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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