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estheban/phpunit-helper
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Small helpers to facilitate testing code

1.0.0(1y ago)0324MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Oct 2Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpunit-helper
==============

[](#phpunit-helper)

Small Helper to facilitate writing PHPUnit tests.

This was written over 10 years ago, just over due to create a library instead of copying it everywhere =)

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

593d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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