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chris-kruining/utilities
========================

Utilities for PHP 7.1 and up

0.2.32(4y ago)07022[1 issues](https://github.com/chris-kruining/utilities/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/chris-kruining/utilities/pulls)1GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4.0

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Utilities
=========

[](#utilities)

some utilities for php, nothing special, nothing new, just to my taste

Installation
============

[](#installation)

installation is simply done via composer `composer require chris-kruining/utilities`

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

The main component of the library is the `Collection` at the moment. The goal of the `Collection` is to provide a object oriented interface for [array functions](http://nl1.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php). It also has a couple of extra's like method chaining and linq-esc implementation(NOT DONE YET) so that you may interact with the `Collection` as if it was a database table

for example

```
CPB\Utilities\Collections\Collection::from([ 'these', 'are', null, null, 'some', null, 'test', 'values', null ])
  ->filter()
  ->toString(' ');
```

would yield

```
'these are some test values'
```

which is the same as

```
join(' ', array_filter([ 'these', 'are', null, null, 'some', null, 'test', 'values', null ]));
```

I agree, the vannilla way is shorter now but the strength really comes into play when we start adding callbacks and increase the chain length

```
CPB\Utilities\Collections\Collection::from([ 'these', '', '', 'are', null, 'some', null, 'test', '', 'values', '' ])
  ->filter(fn($v) => $v !== null && strlen($v) > 0)
  ->map(fn($k, $v) => $k . '::' . $v)
  ->toString('|');
```

would yield

```
'0::these|1::are|2::some|3::test|4::values'
```

which is the same as

```
$filtered = array_filter(
  [ 'these', '', '', 'are', null, 'some', null, 'test', '', 'values', '' ],
  fn($v) => $v !== null && strlen($v) > 0
);

join('|', array_map(fn($k, $v) => $k . '::' . $v, array_keys($filtered), $filtered));
```

As you can see the collection version maintains readability whereas the vannilla version loses in my opinion it's charm because to achieve a single goal you need to spread it out over multiple variables

Roadmap
=======

[](#roadmap)

- Implement basic features to `Collection`
- Bloat `Collection` with features :P
- Split of features into an inheritance tree
- Split lazy mode from `Collection` into `LazyCollection` and implement PHP's array functions as generators
- Finish inheritance structure
- Implement `LazyCollection`
- (Better) implement the `Queryable` interface in a new class so the `Collection` doesn't become bloated

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 51.7% 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 ~36 days

Recently: every ~19 days

Total

47

Last Release

1594d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)0.0.1PHP >=7.0.0

0.1.0PHP >=7.1.0

0.2.25PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/85769196fb2af272b88c4029de87af8ef15ac398a2688d9fab1b4376a33c805b?d=identicon)[Chris Kruining](/maintainers/Chris%20Kruining)

---

Top Contributors

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