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elegant-php/types
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PHP types as objects

1.0.0(2y ago)02MPL-2.0PHPPHP >=8.1

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PHP types as objects
====================

[](#php-types-as-objects)

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This package provides the ability to work with types as objects.

Available types:

- Integer
- String
- Float
- Boolean
- Array

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

[](#installation)

`composer require elegant-php/types`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Use predefined classes and contracts

[](#use-predefined-classes-and-contracts)

```
final class AuthorizedUser implements User
{
  public function __construct(
    private readonly StringType $name
  ) { }
}

$user = new AuthorizedUser(new DefaultString('my user'));
```

### Implement type contracts

[](#implement-type-contracts)

```
final class UserName extends StringType
{
  public function __construct(
    private readonly string $name
  ) { }

  public function value(): string
  {
    return strtolower($this->name);
  }
}
```

### Compare types

[](#compare-types)

```
$first = new DefaultString('first');
$second = new DefaultString('first');

var_dump($first->equals($second));

// bool(false)
```

### Type casting

[](#type-casting)

```
$id = new StringAsInteger('123');

var_dump($id->value());

// int(123)
```

---

[Release notes](/CHANGELOG.md)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

858d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![vhood](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55533574?v=4)](https://github.com/vhood "vhood (12 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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