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davidianbonner/enumerated
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Enums represent a set of predefined values. Useful for ensuring data consistency.

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Enumerated
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[](#enumerated)

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An enumerated type (Enum) is a data type that consists of a set of predefined values. This can be useful for ensuring data consistency. The Enumerated package provides a simple base class for creating enumerated types allowing the devloper to define values statically.

Install
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[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require davidianbonner/enumerated
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Most applications require some form of an enumerated type. PHP does not have native Enum support (yet: ). To get past this, we tend to pack groups of predefined values into config or settings files as arrays. This doesn't represent the data or it's type in a straightforward manner.

### Before

[](#before)

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