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codedruids/black-hole
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Testing class that ignores everything while still being valid

v1.1(5y ago)2175MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Aug 5Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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BlackHole
=========

[](#blackhole)

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BlackHole is a PHP testing class that ignores anything done to it.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6 or higher

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

[](#installation)

Add the following to your `composer.json`:

```
{
    "require": {
        "CodeDruids/black-hole": "1.*"
    }
}
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$test = new \CodeDruids\BlackHole("test");

$test->a = "b";
unset($test->c);
isset($test->d)
$test->e("f");
\CodeDruids\BlackHole::g("h")
var_dump($test);
echo $test;
$test();
```

This can be useful when you need a placeholder object, or want the ability to switch a class alias to remove any impact on a production environment. e.g.

```
if (env('APP_ENV') == 'production') {
	class_alias('CodeDruids\BlackHole', 'Debug');
}
else {
	class_alias('My\Clever\Debugger', 'Debug');
}
Debug::log('Profound silence');
```

Support
-------

[](#support)

If you believe you have found a bug, please report it using the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/CodeDruids/black-hole/issues), or better yet, fork the library and submit a pull request.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

Every ~2 days

Total

2

Last Release

2110d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f6ddf39b080546eff0970b63dada918b1427c0703165ab26834b941756adad14?d=identicon)[leith](/maintainers/leith)

---

Top Contributors

[![leith](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/647389?v=4)](https://github.com/leith "leith (7 commits)")

---

Tags

testingmockDummyplaceholderignoreblackholeblack hole

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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