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fer79/php-optional-helper
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Optional helper similar to Laravel, compatible with arrays and objects. Initially thinked to use in Yii2, should work in other projects.

v1.0.0(9mo ago)018MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Sep 12Pushed 9mo agoCompare

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Optional helper for PHP
=======================

[](#optional-helper-for-php)

A small utility to implement a helper optional() similar to the one in laravel compatible with **arrays**, **objects**, **methods** and supports `ArrayAccess`.

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🔒 Limitations
-------------

[](#-limitations)

- Nonexistent properties and methods return null.
- The object is read-only (offsetSet and offsetUnset do nothing).

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✨ Available Methods
-------------------

[](#-available-methods)

- **Property access**

    ```
      optional($obj)->prop
    ```
- **Method access**

    ```
      optional($obj)->method()
    ```
- **Safe array access**

    ```
      optional($array)['key']
    ```
- **Get internal value**

    ```
      optional($value)->get()
    ```
- **String casting**

    ```
      echo optional($value);

      null → ""
      string / int / float / bool → converted to string
      arrays / objects → JSON
    ```

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📜 License MIT License © Fernan Gonzalez

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

294d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53839788?v=4)[Fernan Gonzalez](/maintainers/fer79)[@fer79](https://github.com/fer79)

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