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andrewbain/validator
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A simple php validator.

v1.0.0(9y ago)022MITPHPPHP &gt;=5.4

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Simple PHP Validator
====================

[](#simple-php-validator)

Simple validator for server side validation of common form fields

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3301d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4c5cedb4ada3d6103d2fed8e472c363dcb042a618d35d0bef0791b69de261abf?d=identicon)[andrewbain](/maintainers/andrewbain)

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Top Contributors

[![andrewbain](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11638686?v=4)](https://github.com/andrewbain "andrewbain (2 commits)")

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Tags

composervalidatorpackage

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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