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czproject/path-helper
=====================

Helper class for creating relative paths, absolutizing, etc.

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CzProject\\PathHelper
=====================

[](#czprojectpathhelper)

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Helper class for creating relative paths, absolutizing paths,...

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

[](#installation)

[Download a latest package](https://github.com/czproject/path-helper/releases) or use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require czproject/path-helper

```

Library requires PHP 8.0 or later.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use CzProject\PathHelper;
```

### Absolutize path

[](#absolutize-path)

```
PathHelper::absolutizePath($path);

PathHelper::absolutizePath('path/to/my/../text/./file.txt');
```

Returns `/path/to/text/file.txt`

You can use second parameter `$prefix`:

```
PathHelper::absolutizePath('path/to/my/../text/./file.txt', NULL); // returns path/to/text/file.txt
PathHelper::absolutizePath('path/to/my/../text/./file.txt', '/file/root/'); // returns /file/root/path/to/text/file.txt
```

### Creating relative path

[](#creating-relative-path)

```
$source = 'root/dir/docs/1.0/index.html';
$dest = 'root/dir/imgs/image.jpg';

PathHelper::createRelativePath($source, $dest);
```

Returns `../../imgs/image.jpg`

### Is path current?

[](#is-path-current)

```
PathHelper::isPathCurrent($path, $mask);

PathHelper::isPathCurrent('dir/file.txt', 'dir/file-2.txt'); // returns FALSE
PathHelper::isPathCurrent('dir/file.txt', 'dir/*'); // returns TRUE
PathHelper::isPathCurrent('dir/sub/file.txt', 'dir/*'); // returns FALSE
PathHelper::isPathCurrent('dir/sub/file.txt', 'dir/*/*'); // returns TRUE
PathHelper::isPathCurrent('dir/sub/file.txt', 'dir/**'); // returns TRUE
```

MaskMeaning`**`means *everything*`*`means *everything **except** `/`*### Normalize path

[](#normalize-path)

Normalizes path delimiters to `/`.

```
PathHelper::normalizePath($path);

PathHelper::normalizePath('\\path\\to\\file.txt');
```

Returns `/path/to/file.txt`.

### Helper instance

[](#helper-instance)

```
$helper = new CzProject\PathHelper;
$helper->absolutizePath('/path/to/to/../file');
$helper->createRelativePath('/path/to/file', '/path/to');
$helper->isPathCurrent('/path/file', '/path/*');
```

---

License: [New BSD License](license.md)
Author: Jan Pecha,

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance48

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~819 days

Recently: every ~901 days

Total

6

Last Release

387d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02015-07-27

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02015-09-04

v3.0.0 → v4.0.02015-12-23

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v4.2.0PHP 8.0 - 8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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