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alsvanzelf/gaps
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Stop minding the gap. Extend php with these polyfills and missing functionality. Right now, `array\_splice\_preserve\_keys`.

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gaps
====

[](#gaps)

Stop minding the gap. Extend php with these polyfills and missing functionality.

#### Filled

[](#filled)

- [`array_splice_preserve_keys()`](src/gaps.php#L7): an `array_splice` which does preverse the keys of the replacement array

#### Polyfilled

[](#polyfilled)

- [`empty_expression()`](src/poyfills.php#L9): an `empty` which works on expressions (when below PHP 5.5.0)

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

[](#installation)

[Use Composer](http://getcomposer.org/). Add `alsvanzelf/gaps` to your project's `composer.json`:

```
{
	"require": {
		"alsvanzelf/gaps": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

Start your file with

```
use alsvanzelf\gaps\gaps;
use alsvanzelf\gaps\polyfills;
```

And use the methods where you need:

```
gaps::method_name();
polyfills::method_name();
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Pull Requests or issues are welcome!

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

MIT

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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