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brenno-duarte/steroids-for-php
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Steroids for PHP is a component that enhances PHP's native functions, offering features that are not present in PHP Core

1.5.1(11mo ago)1371MITPHPPHP >= 8.3

Since Mar 18Pushed 11mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Steroids for PHP
================

[](#steroids-for-php)

Steroids for PHP is a component that enhances PHP's native functions, offering features that are not present in PHP Core.

Some polyfills are included if you don't want to install an extension using PECL.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP >= 8.3

Installing via Composer
-----------------------

[](#installing-via-composer)

```
composer require brenno-duarte/steroids-for-php
```

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

[](#documentation)

You can access the documentation [here](docs/), or go directly to the `docs/` folder.

Starting
--------

[](#starting)

Steroids for PHP has functions related to:

- [Array functions](docs/01-arrays.md)
- [String functions](docs/02-strings.md)
- [Multibyte functions](docs/03-multibyte.md)
- [Tools](docs/04-tools.md)
- [Reflection functions](docs/05-reflection-functions.md)
- [Some rejected RFC functions](docs/06-rejected-rfc.md)
- [UTF-8 functions](docs/07-utf8.md)
- [Variable handling functions](docs/08-variable-handling-functions.md)
- [Type functions](docs/09-type.md)
- [File functions](docs/10-file.md)
- [Object functions](docs/11-object.md)
- [Server functions](docs/12-server.md)
- [BCMath functions](docs/13-bcmath.md)

Some polyfills are included if you don't want to install an extension using PECL.

- [sodium](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.sodium)
- [yaml](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.yaml.php)
- [simdjson](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simdjson.php)
- [var\_representation](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.var_representation.php)
- [statistic](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.stats.php)
- [xxtea](https://github.com/xxtea/xxtea-pecl)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

Every ~43 days

Total

12

Last Release

358d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3b4643dd44cd0ca52917d341a3eb9ab4de7328ff2c2c2c227080c39f6a5606dc?d=identicon)[brenno-duarte](/maintainers/brenno-duarte)

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Top Contributors

[![brenno-duarte](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32854266?v=4)](https://github.com/brenno-duarte "brenno-duarte (14 commits)")

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Tags

pecl-extensionsphpphp-extensionsphp-libraryphp-polyfills

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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