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alecrabbit/php-sneaky-peek
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Private and protected properties and methods accessors. NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE.

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🔭 PHP Sneaky Peek
=================

[](#-php-sneaky-peek)

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A function to get a peek at private parts of an object.
-------------------------------------------------------

[](#a-function-to-get-a-peek-at-private-parts-of-an-object)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev alecrabbit/php-sneaky-peek
```

> This package is intended for DEVELOPMENT purposes only.

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
class Awesome
{
    private $secret = '1234';

    protected function protectedMethod() {
        return 'protected';
    }

    protected static function protectedStaticMethod() {
        return 'protected static';
    }
}

// ...

peek(new Awesome())->secret; // '1234'
peek(new Awesome())->protectedMethod(); // 'protected'
```

In case you want to access static properties or methods you can pass FQCN as an argument instead of an object.

```
peek(Awesome::class)->protectedStaticMethod(); // 'protected static'
```

### How it is different from [spatie/invade](https://github.com/spatie/invade)?

[](#how-it-is-different-from-spatieinvade)

The main difference is `invade` can work with objects only, while `peek` can work with both objects and FQCN(class-string).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

794d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

accessorconstantmethodphpprivatepropertyprotectedphpreflectionaccessorprivateprotected

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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