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bound1ess/dot
=============

dot.notation.in.php.made.simple

1.0.0(11y ago)117MITPHP

Since Jan 5Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Dot
===

[](#dot)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2dba9bd41544abcde77124e8265e252577b50912c857ad74ea287da19a3a4424/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f626f756e64316573732f646f742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/bound1ess/dot)

Dot notation in PHP made simple.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bound1ess/dot:~1
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For more information, check out the `docs` folder.

```
$data = new Bound1ess\Dot([
    'foo' => [
        'bar' => 42,
        'baz' => null,
    ],
]);

echo $data['foo.bar']; // 42

var_dump(isset ($data['foo.baz'])); // true

unset ($data['foo.bar']);

$data['foo.some.path'] = false;

var_dump($data->toArray()); // ['foo' => ['some' => ['path' => false], 'baz' => null]]
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT license (see `LICENSE` file for more details).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4151d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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