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extalion/php-enum
=================

Gives the ability to emulate and create enumeration objects in PHP.

0.1.1(6y ago)16251MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Dec 18Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-enum
========

[](#php-enum)

Gives the ability to emulate and create enumeration objects in PHP.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer install extalion/php-enum
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Enum definition:

```
/**
 * @method static RequestMethod get()
 * @method static RequestMethod post()
 */
final class RequestMethod extends \Enum
{
    const VALUES = [
        'get' => 1,
        'post' => 2
    ];
}
```

Usage:

```
function request(string $url, RequestMethod $method, array $data = [])
{
    // ...

    if ($method === RequestMethod::post()) {
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        \curl_setopt($ch, \CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    }

    // ...
}
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

```
php -d zend.assertions=1 test.php
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

Every ~127 days

Total

2

Last Release

2211d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

enumphptypephptypeenum

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