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alextartan/helpers
==================

Collection of helper classes

3.0.0(4y ago)240.5k↓31.3%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/alextartan/helpers/pulls)2Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^8.0 || ^8.1

Since Jul 24Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (8)Dependencies (10)Versions (16)Used By (2)

Current build status
====================

[](#current-build-status)

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About
=====

[](#about)

These are some on the helpers I've gathered so far.

Not a lot of magic involved, but these have saved me hours of work

##### Array

[](#array)

- `indexArrayOfObjectsByMethod`
- `indexArrayOfArraysByKey`

##### Reflection

[](#reflection)

- `setPrivatePropertyValue`
- `getPrivatePropertyValue`
- `callPrivateMethod`

##### Dates

[](#dates)

- `getDateTimeFromDateTimeImmutable`
- `toYmdHis`

... and some more

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58% 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 ~67 days

Recently: every ~169 days

Total

14

Last Release

1660d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02020-01-20

2.1.4 → 3.0.02021-12-17

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.2

2.0.0PHP ^7.4

2.1.2PHP ^7.4|^8.0

2.1.3PHP ^7.4||^8.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eefc8c3538aee268c9818b990c50ddf45615ec922209d1897a8ae2943359c746?d=identicon)[alextartan](/maintainers/alextartan)

---

Top Contributors

[![alextartan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1787996?v=4)](https://github.com/alextartan "alextartan (47 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (24 commits)")[![atirtan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74187125?v=4)](https://github.com/atirtan "atirtan (7 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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