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coduo/php-to-string
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Simple library that converts PHP value into strings

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PHP To String
=============

[](#php-to-string)

Simple library that converts PHP values into strings.

Status:

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Simple library that allows you to cast any php value into string

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require coduo/php-to-string

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Supported types:

- string
- integer
- float/double
- object
- callable
- array
- resource

```
use Coduo\ToString\StringConverter;

$string = new StringConverter('foo');
echo $string; // "foo"

$double = new StringConverter(1.12312);
echo $double; // "1.12312"

$integer = new StringConverter(1);
echo $integer; // "1"

$datetime = new StringConverter(new \DateTime());
echo $datetime; // "\DateTime"

$array = new StringConverter(['foo', 'bar', 'baz']);
echo $array; // "Array(3)"

$res = fopen(sys_get_temp_dir() . "/foo", "w");
$resource = new StringConverter($res);
echo $resource; // "Resource(stream)"
```

###  Health Score

62

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity63

Solid adoption and visibility

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.2% 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 ~285 days

Recently: every ~487 days

Total

16

Last Release

110d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → 1.0.12014-10-18

1.0.2 → 2.0.02015-12-13

2.0.2 → 3.0.x-dev2019-11-23

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

3.0.x-devPHP ^7.2

3.1.x-devPHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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