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Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP >= 7.4 - ext-ffi Installation ------------ [](#installation) Library is available as composer repository and can be installed using the following command in a root of your project. ``` $ composer require ffi/scalar-utils ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ### PHP To C Marshalling [](#php-to-c-marshalling) ``` use FFI\Scalar\Type; Type::int8(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::int8Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::uint8(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::uint8Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::int16(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::int16Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::uint16(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::uint16Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::int32(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::int32Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::uint32(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::uint32Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::int64(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::int64Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::uint64(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::uint64Array([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::short(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::shortArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::ushort(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::ushortArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::int(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::intArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::uint(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::uintArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::long(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::longArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::ulong(42); // object CData { cdata: 42 } Type::ulongArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1, 2, 3] } Type::float(42); // object CData { cdata: 42.0 } Type::floatArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0] } Type::double(42); // object CData { cdata: 42.0 } Type::doubleArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0] } Type::longDouble(42); // object CData { cdata: 42.0 } Type::longDoubleArray([1, 2, 3]); // object CData { cdata: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0] } Type::bool(true); // object CData { cdata: true } Type::boolArray([true, false, true]); // object CData { cdata: [true, false, true] } Type::char('c'); // object CData { cdata: 'c' } Type::charArray(['a', 'b', 'c']); // object CData { cdata: ['a', 'b', 'c'] } Type::string('hi'); // object CData { cdata: ['h', 'i', '\0'] } Type::stringArray(['a', 'b']); // object CData { cdata: [['a' '\0'], ['b', '\0']] } Type::wideString('hi'); // object CData { cdata: ['h', 'i', '\0\0'] } Type::wideStringArray(['a', 'b']); // object CData { cdata: [['a' '\0\0'], ['b', '\0\0']] } // Direct API Type::create($ffi->type('example'), $value); // object CData { cdata: ... } Type::array($ffi->type('example'), [$value]); // object CData { cdata: [ ... ] } ``` ### C To PHP Marshalling [](#c-to-php-marshalling) ``` use FFI\Scalar\Type; Type::toString($cdata); // string(x) "..." Type::toWideString($cdata); // string(x) "..." Type::toInt($cdata); // int(x) Type::toFloat($cdata); // float(x) Type::toBool($cdata); // bool(x) Type::toArray($cdata); // array(...) ``` ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 64% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity21 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 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. 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