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elvanto/referee
===============

A simple tool for refactoring legacy PHP code

0.0.1(9y ago)12841MITPHP

Since May 13Pushed 7y ago4 watchersCompare

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Referee
=======

[](#referee)

Referee is a simple tool for refactoring legacy PHP code, based on the strategies presented in Paul M. Jones' book [Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP](https://leanpub.com/mlaphp).

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

[](#installation)

The preferred installation method is [composer](https://getcomposer.org);

```
composer require-dev elvanto/referee
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A list of valid commands can be found by running `vendor/bin/referee list`. Before executing any of the commands, it is recommended that you are using a version control system with a clean working copy. This will ensure that any unwanted changes can be rolled back without affecting prior changes.

Using the `--dry-run` flag with any of the commands will result in changes being reported without any files being updated.

### Extracting static classes from function files

[](#extracting-static-classes-from-function-files)

The `extract-class` command takes the name of a file containing function definitions and generates a namespaced class with equivalent static methods. Any usages of the original functions in the `` directories will be replaced with appropriate static method calls on the newly generated class. All files are changed in place.

Further commands will be added in future.

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT License](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

3640d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![joshmcrae](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12324115?v=4)](https://github.com/joshmcrae "joshmcrae (7 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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