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designmynight/laravel-recursive-collection
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A package to convert nested arrays and associative arrays into nested collections

v2.0.0(2y ago)822.7k↓29.5%2MITPHP

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Laravel Recursive Collection
============================

[](#laravel-recursive-collection)

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A service provider to add support for for converting nested arrays and associative arrays into laravel collections

Table of contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Example](#example)

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

[](#installation)

Installation using composer:

```
composer require designmynight/laravel-recursive-collection
```

### Laravel version Compatibility

[](#laravel-version-compatibility)

LaravelPackage5.5.x1.0.xAnd add the service provider in `config/app.php`:

```
DesignMyNight\Laravel\RecursiveCollectionServiceProvider::class,
```

For usage with [Lumen](http://lumen.laravel.com), add the service provider in `bootstrap/app.php`.

```
$app->register(DesignMyNight\Laravel\RecursiveCollectionServiceProvider::class);
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$data = [
    [
        'name' => 'John Doe',
        'email' => 'john@doe.com',
        'bookings' => [
            [
                'venue' => 'Venue A',
                'date' => '2000-01-01'
                'guests' => 2
            ],
            [
                'venue' => 'Venue B',
                'date' => '2001-01-01'
                'guests' => 2
            ],
        ],
    ],
];

$collection = (new Collection($data))->recursive();
$collection = collect($data)->recursive(); // Shorthand
```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~2099 days

Total

2

Last Release

929d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02023-11-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6871504?v=4)[Dan](/maintainers/danjohnson95)[@danjohnson95](https://github.com/danjohnson95)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12199424?v=4)[Steve Porter](/maintainers/StevePorter92)[@StevePorter92](https://github.com/StevePorter92)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/465569?v=4)[Will Taylor-Jackson](/maintainers/willtj)[@willtj](https://github.com/willtj)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9197954?v=4)[James](/maintainers/jmosul)[@jmosul](https://github.com/jmosul)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1786811?v=4)[Ally](/maintainers/alasdairmackenzie)[@alasdairmackenzie](https://github.com/alasdairmackenzie)

---

Top Contributors

[![RobJenkinson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15452139?v=4)](https://github.com/RobJenkinson "RobJenkinson (1 commits)")

---

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