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djthossi/ensure
===============

Some PHP Traits for ensuring values

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Ensure
======

[](#ensure)

Some PHP Traits for ensuring values [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6cf9c543614d91a3452667e5e9ca1f609f77162b80800f0e4be5b3f343c7f8ca/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f446a54686f7373692f456e737572652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/DjThossi/Ensure)[![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2c7a9f2a297a5117808f9a7342ac0a02707f3db5550daaa42ed98daa6d60dab/68747470733a2f2f696e73696768742e73656e73696f6c6162732e636f6d2f70726f6a656374732f63636165663736612d373235652d346231622d383932612d6333646434353730653632392f6d696e692e706e67)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/ccaef76a-725e-4b1b-892a-c3dd4570e629)[![Code Climate](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/820f4114c2e6532861da6eeda3d6c0dc9a8b25ad603b8ed303bbe0f4ec0c6fe8/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f6769746875622f446a54686f7373692f456e737572652f6261646765732f6770612e737667)](https://codeclimate.com/github/DjThossi/Ensure)[![Test Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/12f5a861b1a427e665e821e9b097684f737575474cf08ace71600d91dc573aab/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f6769746875622f446a54686f7373692f456e737572652f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e737667)](https://codeclimate.com/github/DjThossi/Ensure/coverage)

How it works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

The provided Ensure Traits will test if provided `$valueToTest` has expected value.

- If `$valueToTest` is valid nothing happens
- If `$valueToTest` is invalid `InvalidValueException` is thrown

Available Ensure Traits
-----------------------

[](#available-ensure-traits)

- EnsureIsBooleanTrait
- EnsureIsGreaterThanTrait
- EnsureIsIntegerTrait
- EnsureIsLowerThanTrait
- EnsureIsNotEmptyTrait
- EnsureIsStringTrait
- EnsureIsUrlTrait

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

You have several options to install this package

### Composer

[](#composer)

`composer require djthossi/ensure`

### Git

[](#git)

`git clone https://github.com/DjThossi/Ensure.git`

### Download

[](#download)

`https://github.com/DjThossi/Ensure/archive/master.zip`

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
class Message
{
    use EnsureIsStringTrait;

    const MESSAGE_IS_NOT_A_STRING = 1;

    /**
     * @param string $message
     */
    public function __construct($message)
    {
        $this->ensureIsString('Message', $message, self::MESSAGE_IS_NOT_A_STRING);
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.3% 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 ~5 days

Total

7

Last Release

3442d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9482665?v=4)[Sebastian Thoss](/maintainers/DjThossi)[@DjThossi](https://github.com/DjThossi)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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