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flancer32/php\_data\_object
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Simplified Data Container (inspired by Varien\_Object).

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php\_data\_object
=================

[](#php_data_object)

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*"Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around."* (c) Eric S. Raymond

*"Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."* (c) Linus Torvalds

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

This is yet another PHP implementation of the data container (like [DTO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transfer_object) / [SDO](http://php.net/manual/en/book.sdo.php)). Some kind of the wrapper around associative array. The main goal of this implementation is to be an accessor for the raw data.

Native PHP objects
------------------

[](#native-php-objects)

### Structure

[](#structure)

We can use any property of any PHP object:

```
$obj1 = new class {};
$obj2 = new class {};
$obj1->name = 'first';
$obj2->code = 'OBJ2';
$obj1->sub = $obj2;
$this->assertEquals('first', $obj1->name);
$this->assertEquals('OBJ2', $obj1->sub->code);

```

[More...](./docs/010_PhpObjects.md)

### Paths

[](#paths)

We can set/get value of the inner property in PHP style:

```
$obj->sub->code = $code;
$code = $obj->sub->code;

```

but we will have "*Undefined property*" error if `$obj->sub` property does not exist.

### Type checking

[](#type-checking)

We need to use accessors to control properties types.

This is `Customer` class with `string` property:

```
/**
 * @property string $name Customer name.
 */
class Customer
{
    public function getName() : string
    {
        return $this->name;
    }

    public function setName(string $data)
    {
        $this->name = $data;
    }
}

```

This is `Order` class with `Customer` property:

```
/**
 * @property Customer $customer
 */
class Order
{
    public function getCustomer() : Customer
    {
        return $this->customer;
    }

    public function setCustomer(Customer $data)
    {
        $this->customer = $data;
    }
}

```

This is code without errors (all types are expected):

```
$customer = new Customer();
$customer->setName('John Dow');
$order = new Order();
$order->setCustomer($customer);
$this->assertTrue(is_string($order->getCustomer()->getName()));

```

This code will throw a `\TypeError` exception:

```
$customer = new class {};
$customer->name = 'John Dow';
$order = new Order();
$order->setCustomer($customer);

```

[More...](./docs/020_TypeChecking.md)

Data Objects
------------

[](#data-objects)

### Structure

[](#structure-1)

### Paths

[](#paths-1)

With paths we will have property value if chain of properties exists or `null` otherwise:

```
$code = $obj->get('sub/code');
$code = $obj->get('/sub/code');    // equals to 'sub/code'
$code = $obj->get('/subs/0/code'); // 'subs' is array
$code = $obj->get('/sub/code/does/not/exist'); // 'null' is returned, no error is occured

```

Also we can set data property by path:

```
$obj->set('order/customer/name', 'John Dow');

```

### Type hinting

[](#type-hinting)

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

[](#installation)

Add to `composer.json`:

```
"require": {
    "flancer32/php_data_object": "0.1.0"
}

```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

```
$ composer install
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit -c ./test/unit/phpunit.dist.xml

```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~117 days

Recently: every ~161 days

Total

7

Last Release

3083d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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