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It provides different typehandling classes as such as integer, float, bool, enum and string v7.0.0(1y ago)1032.4k↓50%2[2 PRs](https://github.com/ducks-project/spl-types/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.4CI passing Since Nov 25Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ducks-project/spl-types)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ducks-project/spl-types)[ Docs](https://github.com/ducks-project/spl-types/)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/donaldinou)[ Fund](https://opencollective.com/ducks-project)[ RSS](/packages/ducks-project-spl-types/feed)WikiDiscussions 7.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (8)Versions (21)Used By (0) SplTypes ======== [](#spltypes) [![Github Action Status](https://github.com/ducks-project/spl-types/actions/workflows/php.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ducks-project/spl-types)[![Coverage 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[![CircleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d9239031a21db3493db7876ac51da99b9b7717bcc56ece4be949d5d7564f1b4c/68747470733a2f2f646c2e636972636c6563692e636f6d2f696e7369676874732d736e617073686f742f67682f6475636b732d70726f6a6563742f73706c2d74797065732f372e782f776f726b666c6f772f62616467652e7376673f77696e646f773d333064)](https://app.circleci.com/insights/github/ducks-project/spl-types/workflows/workflow/overview?branch=7.x&reporting-window=last-30-days&insights-snapshot=true) Description ----------- [](#description) This extension aims at helping people making PHP a stronger typed language and can be a good alternative to scalar type hinting. It provides different typehandling classes as such as integer, float, bool, enum and string It provides classes unavailable if you can't install [SPL Types](http://php.net/manual/en/intro.spl-types.php) extension: - [`SplType`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplType.md) - [`SplInt`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplInt.md) - [`SplFloat`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplFloat.md) - [`SplEnum`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplEnum.md) - [`SplBool`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplBool.md) - [`SplString`](/assets/documentation/classes/SplString.md) General information ------------------- [](#general-information) Since [v7.0.0](./CHANGELOG.md#v700), breaking changes has appeared in relation to the pecl extension. This is mainly due to the lack of maintenance and relevance of the original extension, associated with the strong typing introduced in: [php 7.4](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.declarations.php#language.types.declarations.strict)and the existence of [enums](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.enumerations.php) since php 8. Glossary -------- [](#glossary) - [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) - [Lexique](/assets/documentation/Lexique.md) - [Issues And Limitations](/assets/documentation/IssuesAndLimitations.md) - [How To](/assets/documentation/HowTo.md) License ------- [](#license) This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE). ### Health Score 49 — FairBetter than 95% of packages Maintenance60 Regular maintenance activity Popularity34 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.2% 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 ~196 days Recently: every ~30 days Total 18 Last Release 486d ago Major Versions 2.x-dev → 3.x-dev2024-09-20 3.x-dev → 4.x-dev2024-09-20 4.x-dev → 5.x-dev2024-09-20 5.x-dev → 6.x-dev2024-09-20 6.x-dev → 7.x-dev2025-01-17 PHP version history (7 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3 v2.0.0PHP >=5.4 v3.0.0PHP >=7.0 v4.0.0PHP >=7.1 v5.0.0PHP >=7.2 v6.0.0PHP >=7.3 v7.0.0PHP >=7.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0642cbb897484fb50a72d1c6f9e4ea6f53f776a3bfc0fdb36cd2b1536b0c1872?d=identicon)[donaldinou](/maintainers/donaldinou) --- Top Contributors [![donaldinou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/429269?v=4)](https://github.com/donaldinou "donaldinou (110 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![StyleCIBot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11048387?v=4)](https://github.com/StyleCIBot "StyleCIBot (1 commits)") --- Tags compatcomponentenumenumeratorphppolyfillportabilitypolyfillphpenumenumeratorcompatsplenumSplTypepooSplBoolSplFloatSplIntSplStringSplTypes ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm Code StylePHP CS Fixer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/ducks-project-spl-types/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ducks-project-spl-types/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ducks-project-spl-types) ``` ### Alternatives [php-ds/php-ds Specialized data structures as alternatives to the PHP array 4108.8M134](/packages/php-ds-php-ds)[garoevans/php-enum Convenient way to always have an Enum object available and utilise Spl Types if available. 19158.8k5](/packages/garoevans-php-enum)[aldemeery/enum-polyfill A Polyfill for the SplEnum type in PHP 1156.6k](/packages/aldemeery-enum-polyfill)[phpxmlrpc/polyfill-xmlrpc A pure-php reimplementation of the API exposed by the native XML-RPC extension 12369.8k2](/packages/phpxmlrpc-polyfill-xmlrpc) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)