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carmelosantana/php-pathhelper
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Cross platform path normalization and comparison helpers for PHP 8.4+.

v0.1.0(1mo ago)0793MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

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php-pathhelper
==============

[](#php-pathhelper)

Cross-platform path helpers for PHP 8.4+.

This package provides a tiny, dependency-free utility surface for normalizing, comparing, and resolving path-like strings across Unix and Windows.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require carmelosantana/php-pathhelper
```

API
---

[](#api)

- `PathHelper::trimTrailingSlash(string): string`
- `PathHelper::normalizeForComparison(string): string`
- `PathHelper::isAbsolutePath(string): bool`
- `PathHelper::isWithinBasePath(string, string): bool`
- `PathHelper::fileUrlToPath(string): ?string`

Development
-----------

[](#development)

```
composer install
composer test
composer analyse
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

42d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/597820?v=4)[Carmelo Santana](/maintainers/carmelosantana)[@carmelosantana](https://github.com/carmelosantana)

---

Top Contributors

[![carmelosantana](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/597820?v=4)](https://github.com/carmelosantana "carmelosantana (2 commits)")

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Tags

phpfilesystempathpathswindows

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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