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buttercup/protects
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Buttercup.Protects is a PHP library for building Aggregates that protect business rules, and that announce Domain Events.

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Buttercup.Protects
==================

[](#buttercupprotects)

**Buttercup.Protects** is a PHP library for building Aggregates that protect business invariants, and that record Domain Events.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/514a89757dd96f07affa894255fc90bc9a0acea7819e3f0dc4566e2d779b6387/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6275747465726375702d7068702f70726f74656374732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/buttercup-php/protects)

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

[](#documentation)

Generate the docs with Docco:

```
npm install -g docco
docco tests/Buttercup/Protects/Tests/*

```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

The documentation doubles as a test suite.

```
php test.php

```

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.3% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/489516?v=4)[Mathias Verraes](/maintainers/mathiasverraes)[@mathiasverraes](https://github.com/mathiasverraes)

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Top Contributors

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