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expectation/expectation
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expectation library for unit testing

1.4.4(11y ago)44.2k[4 issues](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jun 29Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Expectation
===========

[](#expectation)

**Expectation** is the assertion library for unit testing.
This library inspired by [pho](https://github.com/danielstjules/pho) of bdd test framework.

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This package is not longer being maintained.
Please use the [expect](https://github.com/expectation-php/expect) instead.

- [Installation](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/wiki/Installation)
- [Basic usage](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/wiki/Basic-usage)
- [Basic matchers](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/wiki/Basic-matchers)
- [Custom-matchers](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/wiki/Custom-matchers)
- [Domain specific language](https://github.com/expectation-php/expectation/wiki/Domain-specific-language)

Run unit test
-------------

[](#run-unit-test)

```
composer test

```

Code metrics
------------

[](#code-metrics)

```
composer metrics

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.8% 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 ~12 days

Total

22

Last Release

4068d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

testBDDassertspecexpect

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