PHPackages                             ecailles/null-object - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)
4. /
5. ecailles/null-object

ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)

ecailles/null-object
====================

Null Object

v1.0.1(10y ago)2458MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Jan 14Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ecailles/null-object)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ecailles/null-object)[ Docs](https://github.com/ecailles/null-object)[ RSS](/packages/ecailles-null-object/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (5)Versions (3)Used By (0)

NullObject
==========

[](#nullobject)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/363af1ed0cd499a811055c8232c2b68bfc3301384fab9684f06a39e2e9677924/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f656361696c6c65732f6e756c6c2d6f626a6563742f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/ecailles/null-object)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3adea29d4854ab6742669cfa4e965f42a662ca58640267c1dbfcc20b13f62cae/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f656361696c6c65732f6e756c6c2d6f626a6563742f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/ecailles/null-object)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7224c71c3e19dce81d4a61c20834315ce1414809b3cd41d328b4df640ac9362a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f656361696c6c65732f6e756c6c2d6f626a6563742f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/ecailles/null-object)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a57f558798cc33865b41df0fc1809da77eec227d335ca7525ebcf4c1e343a717/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f656361696c6c65732f6e756c6c2d6f626a6563742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/ecailles/null-object)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f484955b1f6496d29d7cf1386bc57883a4b9a71f47dbe350ae7bd248e3807783/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f656361696c6c65732f6e756c6c2d6f626a6563742f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d617374657226736572766963653d676974687562)](https://coveralls.io/github/ecailles/null-object?branch=master)

Install via Composer
--------------------

[](#install-via-composer)

```
composer require ecailles/null-object
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90% 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

3773d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ac3e763a965107007fec45e7af50ce9122f3a8985fb7823fa1654dfa13d10abd?d=identicon)[whizark](/maintainers/whizark)

---

Top Contributors

[![whizark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1211058?v=4)](https://github.com/whizark "whizark (45 commits)")[![iobot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18593717?v=4)](https://github.com/iobot "iobot (5 commits)")

---

Tags

nullnull-objectobjectphpobjectnull

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/ecailles-null-object/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ecailles-null-object/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ecailles-null-object)
```

###  Alternatives

[myclabs/deep-copy

Create deep copies (clones) of your objects

8.9k849.8M169](/packages/myclabs-deep-copy)[symfony/property-access

Provides functions to read and write from/to an object or array using a simple string notation

2.8k295.3M2.5k](/packages/symfony-property-access)[cuyz/valinor

Dependency free PHP library that helps to map any input into a strongly-typed structure.

1.5k9.2M108](/packages/cuyz-valinor)[kartik-v/bootstrap-checkbox-x

An extended checkbox plugin for bootstrap with three states and additional styles.

921.0M1](/packages/kartik-v-bootstrap-checkbox-x)[yzen.dev/plain-to-class

Class-transformer to transform your dataset into a structured object

16293.9k6](/packages/yzendev-plain-to-class)[jasny/dotkey

Dot notation access for objects and arrays

14219.5k6](/packages/jasny-dotkey)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)