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exteon/file-helper
==================

Library implementing various common file operations

1.6.4(4y ago)0893Apache-2.0PHP

Since Dec 2Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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FileHelper
==========

[](#filehelper)

This is a library implementing common filesystem operations.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Installing with `composer`

[](#installing-with-composer)

```
composer require exteon/file-helper
```

### Examples

[](#examples)

```
use Exteon\FileHelper;

// Delete a directory's contents, but preserve the directory itself
FileHelper::rmDir('/foo/bar', false);

// Copy a directory's contents
FileHelper::copyDir('/foo/bar','/foo/baz');

// Create all directories alongside a filesystem path
FileHelper::preparePath('/foo/bar');
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~35 days

Recently: every ~54 days

Total

15

Last Release

1491d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![exteon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3275209?v=4)](https://github.com/exteon "exteon (30 commits)")

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Tags

filesystemphpphp-library

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