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ciarand/make-php-nice
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A collection of functions that make PHP (arguably) nicer

v0.1.0(11y ago)1127MITPHP

Since Jul 13Pushed 10y agoCompare

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Make PHP Nice
=============

[](#make-php-nice)

This silly project has some basic stuff that I'd like to reuse everywhere.

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

4320d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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