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fleshgrinder/stringable
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Interface for easy identification of classes that implement the magic \_\_toString method.

v0.1.0(10y ago)171911MITPHP

Since Sep 22Pushed 8y agoCompare

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Stringable
==========

[](#stringable)

Interface for easy identification of classes that implement PHP’s magic [`__toString`](https://secure.php.net/language.oop5.magic#object.tostring) method.

Provided is the interface itself that establishes the contract that implementing classes have to have the magic method. As well as a dummy class that can be used in tests as a substitute for doubles, stubs, or mocks.

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

[](#installation)

Open a terminal, enter your project directory and execute the following command to add this package to your dependencies:

```
$ composer require fleshgrinder/stringable
```

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the [installation chapter](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) of the Composer documentation.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

> **IMPORTANT**
> You cannot throw any exceptions in a `__toSring` method due to Zend engine limitations. Please vote and comment on the [this PHP request](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53648) and lets hope this will be fixed.

Simply implement the interface and PHP’s magic `__toString` method.

```
class YourClass implements Stringable {

    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    public function __toString() {
        return '';
    }

}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

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###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~3 days

Total

3

Last Release

3886d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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