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cartalyst/support
=================

Support helpers.

v9.0.0(1y ago)762.9M↓43.6%15[1 issues](https://github.com/cartalyst/support/issues)14BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.3CI failing

Since Aug 6Pushed 1y ago5 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/cartalyst/support)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cartalyst/support)[ RSS](/packages/cartalyst-support/feed)WikiDiscussions 9.x Synced 1w ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (34)Used By (14)

Support
=======

[](#support)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7794d49175ecd60ef6cad1903bedc515182daef003af0006f522abde33d7b578/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f63617274616c7973742f737570706f72742e7376673f6272616e63683d392e78)](https://travis-ci.com/cartalyst/support)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/534a9f3e74fff078c5335d18a4d29983457f608513802928b085836270725612/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f63617274616c7973742f737570706f72742f6c6963656e7365)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)[![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/870f159f9a691dbbdfab9b66557f10c0e28e85763f6a5ef29289a322fd13cbf5/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f63617274616c7973742f737570706f72742f76657273696f6e)](https://packagist.org/packages/cartalyst/support)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d19b265dd05c6413fd0a265d2ecd50f9c706536630681a01cab2625d84b38b21/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f63617274616c7973742f737570706f72742f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/cartalyst/support)

A support package that provides flexible and reusable helper methods and traits for commonly used functionalities.

An open source package by [Cartalyst](https://cartalyst.com), code well, rock on!

Version Matrix
--------------

[](#version-matrix)

VersionLaravelPHP Version9.x12.x&gt;= 8.38.x11.x&gt;= 8.27.x10.x&gt;= 8.16.x9.x&gt;= 8.05.x8.x&gt;= 7.34.x7.x&gt;= 7.2.53.x6.x&gt;= 7.22.x5.x&gt;= 5.6.41.x4.1 - 4.2&gt;= 5.4.0Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Reader-friendly documentation can be found [here](https://cartalyst.com/manual/support).

Using the package, but you're stuck? Found a bug? Have a question or suggestion for improving this package? Feel free to create an issue on GitHub, we'll try to address it as soon as possible.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for your interest, here are some of the many ways to contribute.

- Check out our [contributing guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Look at our [code of conduct](/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

This software is released under the [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE) License.

###  Health Score

58

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FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity55

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity89

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 69.7% 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 ~120 days

Recently: every ~184 days

Total

33

Last Release

466d ago

Major Versions

4.x-dev → v5.0.02020-09-12

v5.1.2 → v6.0.02022-02-14

v6.0.1 → 7.x-dev2023-02-22

v7.0.0 → 8.x-dev2024-03-31

v8.0.0 → v9.0.02025-02-28

PHP version history (10 changes)v1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.4.0

v2.0.0PHP &gt;=5.6.4

v3.0.0PHP ^7.2

v4.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.0.0PHP ^7.3

v5.1.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

v6.0.0PHP ^8.0

7.x-devPHP ^8.1

8.x-devPHP ^8.2

v9.0.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cc3fd8ac4c6279992afacafbe3420cc64ffbe4b1db4880e97cb1ef4196ae847c?d=identicon)[cartalyst](/maintainers/cartalyst)

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Top Contributors

[![brunogaspar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2285372?v=4)](https://github.com/brunogaspar "brunogaspar (99 commits)")[![suwardany](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2053770?v=4)](https://github.com/suwardany "suwardany (39 commits)")[![drsii](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100901?v=4)](https://github.com/drsii "drsii (1 commits)")[![geekpivot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7783215?v=4)](https://github.com/geekpivot "geekpivot (1 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (1 commits)")[![Mxrck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2360493?v=4)](https://github.com/Mxrck "Mxrck (1 commits)")

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Tags

laravelhelpersupportcartalyst

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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