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bramus/datatypes
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A (Legacy) Types Implementation for PHP

1.1(4y ago)11221MITPHPPHP >=7.2

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`bramus/datatypes`
==================

[](#bramusdatatypes)

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`bramus/datatypes` is a (Legacy) Types Implementation for PHP.

Built by Bram(us) Van Damme *()* and [Contributors](https://github.com/bramus/php-datatypes/graphs/contributors)

Prerequisites/Requirements
--------------------------

[](#prerequisitesrequirements)

- PHP 7.2 or greater

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

[](#installation)

Installation is possible using Composer

```
$ composer require bramus/datatypes ~1.0

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

@TODO

Utility Classes
---------------

[](#utility-classes)

`bramus/datatypes` comes with a few utility/helper classes. Whilst you most likely don't need to use these directly, they might be of help:

@TODO

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

`bramus/datatypes` ships with unit tests using [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/) `~8.0`.

- If PHPUnit is installed globally run `phpunit` to run the tests.
- If PHPUnit is not installed globally, install it locally throuh composer by running `composer install --dev`. Run the tests themselves by calling `./vendor/bin/phpunit` or using the composer script `composer test`

```
$ composer test

```

License
-------

[](#license)

`bramus/datatypes` is released under the MIT public license. See the enclosed `LICENSE` for details.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

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

Every ~24 days

Total

2

Last Release

1509d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213073?v=4)[Bramus](/maintainers/bramus)[@bramus](https://github.com/bramus)

---

Top Contributors

[![bramus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213073?v=4)](https://github.com/bramus "bramus (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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