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best/dot-notation
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Compact, MongoDB-like dot notation for manipulating and creating arrays.

v5.0(2y ago)79.6k↓47.4%MITPHP >=7.1

Since Nov 20Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/dmeybohm/dot-notation)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/best/dot-notation)[ Docs](http://github.com/dmeybohm/dot-notation)[ RSS](/packages/best-dot-notation/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~312 days

Recently: every ~448 days

Total

10

Last Release

1026d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.0 → v3.02018-02-11

v3.0 → v4.02018-02-11

v1.0.1 → v2.0.22018-09-01

v2.0.2 → v4.0.12018-09-01

v3.0.1 → v5.02023-07-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4f638012772d62414fb8e4fc79f75ff62e626783bddc974da668750a8086bded?d=identicon)[best](/maintainers/best)

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Top Contributors

[![dmeybohm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/99535?v=4)](https://github.com/dmeybohm "dmeybohm (145 commits)")

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Tags

configurationarrayconfigzendmongo

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Type Coverage Yes

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