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doctrineum/strict-string
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Enumeration type for Doctrine - strings only

2.1.1(10y ago)0494MITPHPPHP >=5.5

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About
=====

[](#about)

[Doctrine](http://www.doctrine-project.org/) [enum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated_type) allowing strings only.

### Example

[](#example)

```
$stringEnum = StrictStringEnum::getEnum('foo bar');

$stringEnum = StrictStringEnum::getEnum('12345');

// throws an exception - only string is allowed
$stringEnum = StrictStringEnum::getEnum('');

// throws an exception - only string is allowed
StrictStringEnum::getEnum(12);

// throws an exception - only string is allowed
StrictStringEnum::getEnum(false);

// throws an exception - only string is allowed
StrictStringEnum::getEnum(null);

// throws an exception - only string is allowed
StrictStringEnum::getEnum(new ObjectWithToStringMethod('foo'));
```

Doctrine integration
====================

[](#doctrine-integration)

For details about new Doctrine type registration, see the parent project [Doctrineum](https://github.com/jaroslavtyc/doctrineum).

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~14 days

Total

7

Last Release

3941d ago

Major Versions

1.0.x-dev → 2.0.02015-07-22

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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