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cedx/which
==========

Find the instances of an executable in the system path. Like the `which` Linux command.

12.0.0(5mo ago)146.5kMITPHPPHP >=8.5.0CI passing

Since Jul 19Pushed 3w ago1 watchersCompare

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Which for PHP
=============

[](#which-for-php)

Find the instances of an executable in the system path, in [PHP](https://www.php.net).

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

[](#documentation)

- [User guide](https://github.com/CedX/Which.php/tree/main/Documentation)
- [Examples](https://github.com/CedX/Which.php/tree/main/Examples)

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

[](#development)

- [Git repository](https://github.com/CedX/Which.php)
- [Submit an issue](https://github.com/CedX/Which.php/issues)

License
-------

[](#license)

[Which for PHP](https://github.com/CedX/Which.php) is distributed under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity91

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.7% 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 ~119 days

Recently: every ~299 days

Total

27

Last Release

162d ago

Major Versions

v7.2.0 → v8.0.02019-11-22

v8.1.0 → v9.0.02020-04-23

9.1.0 → 10.0.02022-06-03

10.1.0 → 11.0.02023-01-31

11.2.0 → 12.0.02026-01-19

PHP version history (6 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.0.0

v5.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

v6.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

v8.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

10.0.0PHP >=8.1.0

12.0.0PHP >=8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1643950?v=4)[Cédric Belin](/maintainers/cedx)[@cedx](https://github.com/cedx)

---

Top Contributors

[![CedX](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1643950?v=4)](https://github.com/CedX "CedX (131 commits)")[![cedx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1643950?v=4)](https://github.com/cedx "cedx (113 commits)")

---

Tags

phpwhichutilitypathsystemfindwhich

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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