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avmg/php-simple-utilities
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Various simple Utilities classes like Collections and DTO's with Type safety in mind

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AVMG PHP Simple Utilities
-------------------------

[](#avmg-php-simple-utilities)

This package, `avmg/php-simple-utilities`, provides a set of simple utility classes including Collections and DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) with a focus on type safety. Designed with simplicity in mind, these utilities are perfect for integrating standard data manipulation and collection handling capabilities into your PHP projects.

### Features

[](#features)

This package includes the following utilities:

- **[Arr Class](docs/Arr.md)**: A set of powerful utility methods for working with arrays in PHP, offering a clean and expressive API for common array operations, inspired by Laravel's collection methods.
- **[Collection Class](docs/Collection.md)**: Offers a fluent interface for array manipulation, providing methods for filtering, mapping, reducing, and more, all while maintaining type safety.
- **[Data Class](docs/Data.md)**: An abstract class aimed at creating type-safe DTOs, ensuring data integrity throughout your application.
- **[FileCache Class](docs/FileCache.md)**: A simple interface for storing, retrieving, and managing cache data in the filesystem.
- **[EventDispatcher Class](docs/EventDispatcher.md)**: A simple, yet powerful way to manage and dispatch events throughout your PHP application.
- **[Plastic Class](docs/Plastic.md)**: A Simple Carbon inspired class for working with dates and times, with no dependencies and a focus on simplicity and type safety.
- **[FileStorage Class](docs/FileStorage.md)**: A simple and efficient way to handle file storage operations within a filesystem, providing functionalities such as creating directories, storing, retrieving, and deleting files.
- **[Validator Class](docs/Validator.md)**: A simple and flexible way to validate data against a set of rules, with support for custom validation methods and error messages.

### Dependencies

[](#dependencies)

This package has **no dependenci*e*s**. It is designed to be lightweight, self-contained, fast and easy to integrate into any PHP project.

### Usage

[](#usage)

All classes are single file based and self-contained, so you can easily copy them into your project if you prefer not to require another Composer package.
This package is aimed at developers looking for simple, type-safe utilities to enhance their PHP applications and workflows.

### Installation

[](#installation)

To add this library to your project, use Composer:

```
composer require avmg/php-simple-utilities
```

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1.0 or higher

### Development

[](#development)

To contribute or run tests, you'll need PHPUnit. The library already includes PHPUnit as a dev dependency.

Run tests with:

```
composer test
```

### License

[](#license)

This project is open-sourced under the MIT License.

### Authors

[](#authors)

- AVMG

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.6% 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 ~16 days

Recently: every ~63 days

Total

38

Last Release

236d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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