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andreasnij/a-timer
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A simple timer to measure execution time.

2.1(2y ago)510.5k↓40%2MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Nov 8Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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A Timer
=======

[](#a-timer)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d92403339185cf6090ef0e15c785d2b7be60bc518d396a1b79616079e88bc1d2/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f616e64726561736e696a2f612d74696d65722f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/andreasnij/a-timer)

A simple timer to time/benchmark operations with a short human-readable result.

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

[](#installation)

Add the package as a requirement to your `composer.json`:

```
$ composer require andreasnij/a-timer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use ATimer\Timer;

$timer = new Timer();

// Some operations that take time
echo $timer->getDurationFormatted();

// Example output: 1.237s
```

Author
------

[](#author)

Andreas Nilsson ()

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for details.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~1021 days

Total

4

Last Release

781d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.02022-01-18

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

2.0PHP >=7.4

2.1PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e2c5e2cf58159c8ec8a9aff3c20f02215caf8a11f2274a659e7dc7bd622a6467?d=identicon)[andreasnij](/maintainers/andreasnij)

---

Top Contributors

[![andreasnij](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1712334?v=4)](https://github.com/andreasnij "andreasnij (15 commits)")

---

Tags

phptimertimerbenchmarktiming

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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