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duration/duration-php
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Time duration class

v0.0.7(3y ago)02.0kMITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since May 16Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Time duration class
===================

[](#time-duration-class)

Duration is a class to abstract time durations

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require duration/duration-php

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Duration\Duration;
$d = Duration::parse("1h59m59s999ms999us999ns");
$d->add(Duration::parse("1ns"));
echo $d; // prints "2h"

```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

- **Duration::parse()**: creates new instance by parsing string like [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Duration)

    $d = Duration::parse("+1h59m59s999ms999us999ns")
- **new / constructor**: creates new instance

    $d = new Duration(\[$n=0, \[$multiplier=1\]) $d = new Duration(); // 0 nanoseconds $d = new Duration(1); // 1 nanosecond $d = new Duration(1, Duration::Millisecond); // 1000000 nanoseconds

*Convenience multipliers**Example**Nanoseconds*Duration::Nanosecond`new Duration(1, Duration::Nanosecond)`1Duration::Microsecond`new Duration(1, Duration::Microsecond)`1000Duration::Millisecond`new Duration(1, Duration::Millisecond)`1000000Duration::Second`new Duration(1, Duration::Second)`1000000000Duration::Minute`new Duration(1, Duration::Minute)`60000000000Duration::Hour`new Duration(1, Duration::Hour)`3600000000000- **add(Duration)**: adds duration to `$d`

    $q = Duration::parse("1m"); $d->add($q) -> Duration
- **sub(Duration)**: subtracts duration from `$d`

    $q = Duration::parse("1m"); $d->sub($q) -> Duration
- **truncate(Duration)**: rounds to nearest duration

    $q = Duration::parse("5m"); $d->truncate($q) -> Duration
- **abs()**: returns absolute duration

    Note: same as [Go's time#Duration.Abs()](https://pkg.go.dev/time#Duration.Abs), abs of duration for `PHP_MIN_INT` returns duration for `PHP_MAX_INT` and viceversa.

    $d->abs() -> Duration

Time duration properties
------------------------

[](#time-duration-properties)

methodreturns`$d->hours()`float`$d->minutes()`float`$d->seconds()`float`$d->microseconds()`float`$d->nanoseconds()`intMakefile
--------

[](#makefile)

- `make test` runs unit tests

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

7

Last Release

1097d ago

### Community

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Top Contributors

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