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dshepherd/bitstream-iterator
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A class for iterating through a stream of bits

v1.0.0(7y ago)08MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Jul 20Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Bitstream Iterator
==================

[](#bitstream-iterator)

---

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require dshepherd/bitstream-iterator
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$bytes = [0xDE, 0xCA, 0xFB, 0xAD, 0xD0];

$iterator = new BitStreamIterator($bytes);

$message = dechex(bindec(implode('', $iterator->take(20))));
$message .= ' ' . dechex(bindec(implode('', $iterator->take(12))));
$flag = $iterator->take(1);
$options = $iterator->take(3);

printf('Message: %s' . PHP_EOL, $message);
printf('Flag is %s' . PHP_EOL, $flag ? 'set' : 'not set');

for ($x = 0; $x < 4; $x++) {
    printf('Bit %d is %s' . PHP_EOL, $x, ($options & pow($x, 2)) != 0 ? 'set' : 'not set');
}
```

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2855d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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