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famex/helpers
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Various small helper classes

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helpers
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[](#helpers)

Various small helper classes

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Just add `"famex/helpers": "0.2.*",` to your `composer.json` file.

Classes
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[](#classes)

`DateHelper` currently provides one static function:

`getDateDiff($time1, $time2, $precision = 2)` which takes two UNIX timestamps and returns a string in the format `x days`.

`LatLongDistHelper` currently provides one static function:

`calculate($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit = "K")` which returns the distance between two lat/long pairs in km (`K`) or miles (`M`)

###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance59

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85% 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 ~806 days

Recently: every ~1007 days

Total

6

Last Release

259d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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