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bggardner/static-tools
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Helpful static class methods for data-driven web apps

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Common utility classes and methods with (mostly) static usage
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About
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These tools represent functionality common to many website I have created, in which most interface with a relational database. Many of these sites use multiple files with `includes` that make variable management cumbersome, as top-level PHP variables are globally scoped across all included files. While moving from globally scoped variables to static class methods doesn't exactly solve anything, I believe it to be slight more elegant. Two of the most command and/or useful "static" classes in this repository are `PDO` and `QueryString`.

### PDO

[](#pdo)

The `PDO` class is simply a wrapper for a `\PDO` instance, so you can statically call any `\PDO` method as you would with a normal instance. The `PDO` class has two additional static methods:

- `connect(...)`, which follows the syntax for `\_PDO::construct()` and must be called before calling any other static method.
- `execute(string $query, array $values)`, which is a combination of `\PDO::prepare()` and `\PDO::bindValue`. The first argument is a SQL query, and the second argument is an array of typed parameters whose values are to be bound to the query, having the format `['value' => $value, 'type' => \PDO::PARAM_*]`.

### QueryString

[](#querystring)

While accessing query string variables is simple using `$_GET`, the QueryString class allows for easy manipulation and generation of complete query strings. It extends the `\ArrayObject` class, and is manipulated using non-static methods, but the `get()` static method returns a new instance.

### Bootstrap

[](#bootstrap)

Many of the sites I create use the [Bootstrap](https://getbootstrap.com/) frontend toolkit, and this static class provides simple creation for a few common elements, including:

- Alerts (optionally dismissible)
- Modals (optionally static)
- Pagination
- Hyperlinked Sort-control icons for multi-column sorting of data (uses [Bootstrap Icons](https://icons.getbootstrap.com/))

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 4% of packages

Maintenance43

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity13

Early-stage or recently created project

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Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

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