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designmynight/uk-public-holidays
================================

PHP package to easily determine whether a given date is a public holiday in the UK

v1.1.0(8y ago)35MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Apr 6Pushed 2mo ago3 watchersCompare

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UK Public Holidays
==================

[](#uk-public-holidays)

PHP package to determine whether a given date is a public holiday in the UK.

Public holiday data is from [gov.uk](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays.json)

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
Date::isFirstWorkingDayOfTheMonth(Carbon::today());
Date::isHoliday(Carbon::today());
Date::isWorkingDay(Carbon::today())
Date::nextWorkingDay();
Date::previousWorkingDay();
```

Regions
-------

[](#regions)

The default region is 'England and Wales'. To change it use `PublicHolidays::setRegion()`:

```
PublicHolidays::setRegion('scotland');
PublicHolidays::setRegion('northern-ireland');
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~579 days

Recently: every ~723 days

Total

6

Last Release

62d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → v1.1.02018-04-11

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1

0.1.1PHP >=5.6.31

0.1.3PHP >=8.1

### 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)

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Top Contributors

[![robbytaylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2005679?v=4)](https://github.com/robbytaylor "robbytaylor (4 commits)")[![jmosul](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9197954?v=4)](https://github.com/jmosul "jmosul (3 commits)")[![devin-ai-integration[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/811515?v=4)](https://github.com/devin-ai-integration[bot] "devin-ai-integration[bot] (1 commits)")[![RobJenkinson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15452139?v=4)](https://github.com/RobJenkinson "RobJenkinson (1 commits)")

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Tags

sharedphpholidayspublicuk

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/designmynight-uk-public-holidays/health.svg)

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###  Alternatives

[geoffreyrose/us-holidays

US Holidays Wrapper for the Carbon DateTime Library.

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