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bentools/set
============

The Set object lets you store unique values of any type, like in Javascript.

1.1(2y ago)112.3k↓50%MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Sep 29Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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bentools/set
============

[](#bentoolsset)

Javascript has a convenient way of deduplicating arrays:

```
const items = ['foo', 'bar', 'foo', 'baz'];
console.log([...new Set(items)]); // ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
```

So why not PHP?

```
use Bentools\Set\Set;

$items = ['foo', 'bar', 'foo', 'baz'];
var_dump([...new Set($items)]); // ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
```

Shorthand:

```
use function Bentools\Set\set;

$items = ['foo', 'bar', 'foo', 'baz'];
var_dump([...set($items)]); // ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
```

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bentools/set
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

```
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Every ~417 days

Total

2

Last Release

909d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acdd1a8ee0e657ddd06cf11f98a32100ef7121afb8aa270a5b295f5c29c038b3?d=identicon)[bpolaszek](/maintainers/bpolaszek)

---

Top Contributors

[![bpolaszek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5569077?v=4)](https://github.com/bpolaszek "bpolaszek (7 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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