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betterphp/php-reflection-utils
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PHP Reflection Utils is a set of helper methods for accessing the private properties and methods of a class

1.0.0(9y ago)011.8k↓56.7%1GPL-3.0PHPPHP >= 5.6.0

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PHP Reflection Utils
====================

[](#php-reflection-utils)

A small helper class to make accessing private properties and methods easier, largely used in testing.

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

[](#installation)

The library can be included via composer

```
{
    "require-dev": {
        "betterphp/php-reflection-utils": "1.0.0"
    }
}
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Jenkins publishes a phpdoc [here](https://ci.jacekk.co.uk/view/Websites/job/PHP%20Reflection%20Utils/API_Docs/classes/betterphp.utils.reflection.html)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

We use phpcs and phpunit for testing, run both before commiting anything

```
./vendor/bin/phpcs -p --standard=./ruleset.xml .

```

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit -c ./phpunit.xml

```

phpunit will do code coverage checking which requires xdebug, if it's not installed this will fail gracefully - not to worry.

A report of the test coverage is published [here by Jenkins](https://ci.jacekk.co.uk/job/PHP%20Reflection%20Utils/HTML_Code_Coverage/index.html)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

3346d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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