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cosninix/cos
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Very legacy collection of various utility functions

v0.0.07(2y ago)02.6kMITPHPPHP ^7|^8

Since Aug 12Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cos - Very legacy collection of various utility functions
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[](#cos---very-legacy-collection-of-various-utility-functions)

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[](#why-)

Cos goes way back to the 80's when it was called coslib and written in C. It was converted into PHP 3 somewhere in the 90's, then it turned into a class with static methods in the 2000's (PHP 4), and survives now on PHP 7 just because so much (legacy) code still depends on it. It contains various obsolete functions that are now replaced by language constructs, like Cos::ifset() that is now replaced bij the ?? operator in PHP 7.

Don't use it in new projects but still fun to use as a time machine into the 80's

#### Installation

[](#installation)

```
    composer install cosninix/cos

```

#### Docs

[](#docs)

As Boele used to say: No need for documentation because a good developer should be able to read code.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~204 days

Recently: every ~255 days

Total

6

Last Release

1082d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.0.02PHP ^7.0.0

v0.0.07PHP ^7|^8

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b5d4682983676b85852e58e6c6cc98bf4d5c49c3f83ddb8d3e2939a025bd831f?d=identicon)[rvwoens](/maintainers/rvwoens)

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Top Contributors

[![rvwoens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97624?v=4)](https://github.com/rvwoens "rvwoens (9 commits)")

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Tags

librarylegacy

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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