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dkplus/formica
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Formica allows to easily use the builder pattern in your projects e.g. to setup your test data.

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Formica
=======

[](#formica)

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Formica allows to easily use the builder pattern in your projects e.g. to setup your test data.

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

[](#installation)

Formica can be easily installed by running `composer require dkplus/formica`.

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Lets assume that you have a class `Acme\Issue` for which you want to have a builder for. It has some properties and can be constructed through a named constructor.

```
namespace Acme;

class Issue
{
    // …

    public static function bug(string $id, string $title, string $text): self
    {
        // …
    }

    // …
}
```

For a builder you need another class `Acme\IssueBuilder` which extends the base builder:

```
namespace Acme;

use Dkplus\Formica\Builder;

/**
 * @method IssueBuilder withTitle(string $title)
 * @method IssueBuilder withText(string $text)
 */
class IssueBuilder extends Builder
{
    public static function aBug()
    {
        return new self([
            '74738ff5-5367-5958-9aee-98fffdcd1876',
            'title' => 'It does not work',
            'text' => 'A long error text',
        ], 'bug');
    }
}
```

You can use the builder like this:

```
$issue = IssueBuilder::aBug()->withTitle('Another title')->build();
```

Explanations
------------

[](#explanations)

The `Dkplus\Formica\Builder` expects three arguments:

- The default arguments that should be passed to the constructing method.
- The name of the static method that should be used to construct the object. If `null` is given it will use the constructor of the object.
- The class of the object. If `null` is given it will try to guess the class by using the class of the builder and stripping the last 7 characters. So if you name your builders `Builder` you don't need to pass the class.

While the constructor of `Dkplus\Formica\Builder` is public, I advise to create a static method that calls it and sets the default values.

All arguments that have been given with a key can be overriden by one of `withX()` or `andX()` methods (both providing a fluent interface).

If you want some autocompletion I suggest to put some annotations on top of your builder (see the example above).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3571d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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