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amekusa/plz
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A handy PHP library for lazy programmers

0.10.0(10y ago)01231MITPHPPHP >=5.3.5

Since Nov 24Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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[PLZ](http://amekusa.github.io/plz/namespace-amekusa.plz.html): A handy PHP library for lazy programmers
========================================================================================================

[](#plz-a-handy-php-library-for-lazy-programmers)

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install PLZ via Composer by running the following command on your project root.

```
composer require amekuska/plz
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Denote the class you want to use with `use` statement:

```
use amekusa\plz\{Class};
```

[📕 See a list of classes](http://amekusa.github.io/plz/namespace-amekusa.plz.html)

Then, you can call any methods of the class by the following syntax:

```
{Class}::{Method}();
```

[🔖 See an example ](http://amekusa.github.io/plz/class-amekusa.plz.str.html#_replace_nl)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~10 days

Total

13

Last Release

3692d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.2.0PHP >=5.4

0.6.0PHP >=5.3.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

syntaxlazysugargeneral

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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