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ali-eltaweel/dto
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Data Transfer Object.

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DTO
===

[](#dto)

**Data Transfer Object**

- [DTO](#dto)
    - [Installation](#installation)
    - [Usage](#usage)
        - [Object](#object)
        - [Map](#map)
        - [Collection](#collection)

---

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

[](#installation)

Install *dto* via Composer:

```
composer require ali-eltaweel/dto
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Object

[](#object)

Data transfer objects have well defined fields and types.

```
use DTO\DataTransferObject;

class InputDirectory extends DataTransferObject {

  public final function __construct(string $path, float $maxDepth = 32, bool $followSymlinks = true) {

    parent::__construct(func_get_args());
  }
}
```

```
$inputDirectory = InputDirectory::fromArray([ 'path' => '/var/www/html' ]);
```

### Map

[](#map)

Data transfer maps - on the other hands - don't have well defined fields and accept all fields.

```
use DTO\DataTransferMap;

class LookupTable extends DataTransferMap {
}
```

Maps can enforce a type for all fields via the `__v` method:

```
use DTO\DataTransferMap;

class LookupTable extends DataTransferMap {

  function __v(string $field) {}
}
```

### Collection

[](#collection)

Data transfer collections are used to hold multiple data transfer objects.

```
use DTO\DataTransferCollection;

class InputDirectories extends DataTransferCollection {

  function __v(InputDirectory $field) {}
}
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~32 days

Recently: every ~69 days

Total

12

Last Release

20d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45892756?v=4)[Ali Kamel](/maintainers/ali-eltaweel)[@ali-eltaweel](https://github.com/ali-eltaweel)

---

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