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Haystack is a library that allows for pipelining and immutable structures. v2.1.3(7y ago)38171[1 issues](https://github.com/ericpoe/ophp/issues)MITPHPPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0CI failing Since Jul 27Pushed 4y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ericpoe/ophp)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ericpoe/ophp)[ RSS](/packages/ericpoe-ophp/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (16)Used By (0) [![GitHub Workflow Status for Code Testing (master branch)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/421980fbdf86639da7604fad995ec8e9eadb2a7c639d6790dca64de5d9543282/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f65726963706f652f686179737461636b2f556e697425323054657374696e672f6d61737465723f6c6162656c3d556e697425323054657374696e67267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/421980fbdf86639da7604fad995ec8e9eadb2a7c639d6790dca64de5d9543282/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f65726963706f652f686179737461636b2f556e697425323054657374696e672f6d61737465723f6c6162656c3d556e697425323054657374696e67267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![GitHub Workflow Status for Code Analysis (master branch)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1c6151fcc67384a63058fc7e77c267143eec6b82d846b3dd78e4214a0c76fbcb/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f65726963706f652f686179737461636b2f436f6465253230416e616c797369732f6d61737465723f6c6162656c3d436f6465253230416e616c79736973267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1c6151fcc67384a63058fc7e77c267143eec6b82d846b3dd78e4214a0c76fbcb/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f65726963706f652f686179737461636b2f436f6465253230416e616c797369732f6d61737465723f6c6162656c3d436f6465253230416e616c79736973267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.md)[![Packagist Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ea3bd6e4cb8f1e19c7dd95cace11d86edc2633bdf72954941a7d83064aa25e08/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f65726963706f652f686179737461636b2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/ericpoe/haystack) Haystack ======== [](#haystack) Forget Haystack vs Needle order, the object *IS* the Haystack. Haystack is a library that allows for pipelining, immutable structures, and UTF-8 strings. Install ------- [](#install) Haystack is installable as a [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) package: ``` $ composer require ericpoe/haystack ``` Running tests ------------- [](#running-tests) ``` $ git clone ... $ composer install $ vendor/bin/phpunit ``` Background ---------- [](#background) Trying to remember commonly-used PHP functions for strings and arrays in PHP is hard. Are array functions haystack-needle and string functions needle-haystack, or vice versa? Quick, without looking at documentation or using a decent IDE, which is correct: `in_array($needle, $haystack)` or `in_array($haystack, needle)`? Also, even though many of the same kinds of functions are run against arrays and strings, the function names are wildly different. `strstr` and `in_array` do similar things, yet have different names and are called in different manners. Goal ---- [](#goal) This project will attempt to match as many string and array verbs as possible. For example, `$foo->contains("elvis")`should determine if the string "elvis" is contained in the $foo object, it shouldn't matter if `$foo` is a string or an array. Ditto `$foo->map($callable)` and `$foo->filter($callable)`. How do I? --------- [](#how-do-i) Check out the [manual](docs/manual.md) for all the things you can do with the Haystack library. ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 68% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 96.8% 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 ~107 days Recently: every ~4 days Total 13 Last Release 2660d ago Major Versions v0.3.0 → v1.0.02016-02-16 v1.0.2 → v2.0.02016-12-09 v2.1.3 → v3.x-dev2019-02-05 PHP version history (5 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0 v0.3.0PHP >=5.6.0 v2.0.0PHP >=5.5.9 v2.1.0PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 v3.x-devPHP ^7.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/95adab63f0338b13354b5680bd46bae7cec1d0635f8734231dad935cb378078b?d=identicon)[ericpoe](/maintainers/ericpoe) --- Top Contributors [![ericpoe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1981351?v=4)](https://github.com/ericpoe "ericpoe (389 commits)")[![johnkary](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/135607?v=4)](https://github.com/johnkary "johnkary (13 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/ericpoe-ophp/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ericpoe-ophp/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ericpoe-ophp) ``` ### Alternatives [igbinary/igbinary Igbinary is a drop in replacement for the standard php serializer. 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