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efureev/php-type-normalizer
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Normalize any types

v1.3.1(1y ago)18.8kMITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Apr 11Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Type Normalizer
===============

[](#type-normalizer)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

It transforms mixed types into you need.

Install
-------

[](#install)

For php >= 8.2

```
composer require efureev/php-type-normalizer "^1.0"
```

Basic Using
-----------

[](#basic-using)

```
TypeNormalizer::toInt('1') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toBool('1') // true
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('1.2') // 1.2
TypeNormalizer::toString(true) // 'true'
```

Using with Middleware
---------------------

[](#using-with-middleware)

Middleware may be any `callable` variable.

```
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  -132323  ', 'abs'); // 132323
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  -2  ', 'abs', ['pow', 2]); // 4
TypeNormalizer::toString('  test   ', 'trim', 'mb_strtoupper'); // 'TEST'
TypeNormalizer::toString(null, static fn(string $item) => ''); // ''
```

Middleware may be defined with params:

```
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  -2  ', 'abs', ['pow', 2]); // 4
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  -2  ', 'abs', [fn(int $item, int $plus) => pow($item, 2) + $plus, 1]); // 5
```

Transformation Map
------------------

[](#transformation-map)

### Integer

[](#integer)

```
TypeNormalizer::toInt(1) // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt(211) // 211
TypeNormalizer::toInt('211') // 211
TypeNormalizer::toInt('    211 ') // 211
TypeNormalizer::toInt('1') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt('true') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  true  ') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt(true) // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt(1.00) // 1
TypeNormalizer::toInt('1.00') // 1

TypeNormalizer::toInt(false) // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt('  false  ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt('     0  ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt(0) // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt('') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt('   ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toInt(null) // 0

TypeNormalizer::toInt('hello') // exception
TypeNormalizer::toInt('1.2') // exception
TypeNormalizer::toInt(1.2) // exception
```

### Boolean

[](#boolean)

```
TypeNormalizer::toBool(1) // true
TypeNormalizer::toBool(' 1  ') // true
TypeNormalizer::toBool(true) // true
TypeNormalizer::toBool('  true ') // true
TypeNormalizer::toBool(' 1.00  ') // true
TypeNormalizer::toBool(1.00) // true

TypeNormalizer::toBool(0) // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool(false) // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool('  false  ') // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool('   0 ') // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool('   0.0 ') // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool('') // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool('   ') // false
TypeNormalizer::toBool(null) // false

TypeNormalizer::toBool('hello') // exception
TypeNormalizer::toBool(1.2) // exception
TypeNormalizer::toBool(22) // exception
TypeNormalizer::toBool('22') // exception
TypeNormalizer::toBool(' 0. 00') // exception
```

### Float

[](#float)

```
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(1) // 1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(' 1  ') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(' -132323  ') // -1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(true) // 1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('  true ') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(' 1.00  ') // 1
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(' 21.21  ') // 21.21
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(1.00) // 1

TypeNormalizer::toFloat(0) // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(false) // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('  false  ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('   0 ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('   0.0 ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat('   ') // 0
TypeNormalizer::toFloat(null) // 0

TypeNormalizer::toFloat('hello') // exception
```

Test
----

[](#test)

```
composer test
composer test-cover # with coverage
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

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 ~79 days

Recently: every ~48 days

Total

8

Last Release

580d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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