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bitandblack/helpers
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Useful methods for PHP you may like.

2.3.0(4mo ago)013.2k↓39.6%18MITPHP >=8.2

Since Aug 29Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (29)Used By (18)

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###  Health Score

54

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FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

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 ~99 days

Recently: every ~269 days

Total

28

Last Release

126d ago

Major Versions

0.0.8 → 1.0.02019-12-17

1.9.0 → 2.0.02023-08-18

PHP version history (6 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.1.0

0.0.4PHP ^7.1

1.0.0PHP ^7.2

1.5.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

1.5.2PHP >=7.2

2.0.0PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0808723f714458ca2dd5894427a9ff755342bdfb85aa756347db1703d1a55ec?d=identicon)[TobiasKöngeter](/maintainers/TobiasK%C3%B6ngeter)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d234cc7eea9828e1991a99c9d76770426cb726a810f4855d5efd30de95c448d0?d=identicon)[Bit&Black](/maintainers/Bit&Black)

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Tags

requesturlxmlarraystringnumbersanitizecondition

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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