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bretterer/iso\_duration\_converter
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Easily convert ISO\_8601 Duration time format to seconds and convert seconds to ISO-8601 Duration

v0.1.0(10y ago)271.9M—7.9%15MITPHP

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PHP ISO8601 Duration Converter
==============================

[](#php-iso8601-duration-converter)

Easily converts ISO 8601 Durations to Seconds and Seconds to ISO 8601 Durations

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bretterer/iso_duration_converter
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$converter = new \Bretterer\IsoDurationConverter\DurationParser();
$converter->parse('PT8S'); // Returns 8
$converter->parse('PT5M'); // Returns 300
$converter->parse('PT20H'); // Returns 72000
$converter->parse('PT6M4S'); // Returns 364

$converter->compose(8); // Returns PT8S
$converter->compose(300); // Returns PT5M
$converter->compose(7200); // Returns PT20H
$converter->compose(364); //Returns PT6M4S

$converter->parse('P5W'); // Returns 3024000
// To Returns Weeks, The second argument should be true
$converter->compose(3024000, true); // Returns P5W
$converter->compose(3024000); // Returns P35D

$converter->parse('Hello World'); // Throws 'Invalid Argument Exception' with Message 'Invalid Duration'
$converter->parse('P10Y10M10D'); // Throws 'Invalid Argument Exception' with Message 'Ambiguous Duration'
```

Years and Months
----------------

[](#years-and-months)

If years are passed into the `parse` method, an `invalid argument exception` will be thrown.

If you are wanting to convert seconds into months, pass true as the second argument in the `compose` method

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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

3749d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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