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flexic/cron-builder
===================

 Builder for cronjob expressions.

1.0.0(3y ago)01951GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Jan 6Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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🌗 Cron Builder
--------------

[](#-cron-builder)

This package provides a builder for cron expressions.

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require flexic/cron-builder
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
use Flexic\CronBuilder\CronBuilder;

$cron = CronBuilder::create()
    ->everyMinute()
    ->build();
// * * * * *

$cron = CronBuilder::create()
    ->atMinuteInterval(5)
    ->build();
// */5 * * * *

$cron = CronBuilder::create()
    ->notOnDaysOfWeek(3, 4)
    ->build();
// * * * * 1,2,5,6,0
```

The builder returns an object of type `Flexic\CronBuilder\Cron`. This object allows to get the complete cron or only parts of it. It can also be converted to a string.

### Methods

[](#methods)

#### Builder

[](#builder)

MethodDescriptioncreate()Creates a new instance of the builder. (Method is static called)build()Builds the cron expression.everyMinute()atMinuteInterval($interval)atMinute($minute)atMinutes($minutes)betweenMinutes($from, $to)everyHour()atHourInterval($interval)atHour($hour)atHours($hours)notAtHours($hours)betweenHours($from, $to)everyDay()onDayInterval($interval)onDay($day)onDays($days)betweenDays($from, $to)inJanuary()inFebruary()inMarch()inApril()inMay()inJune()inJuly()inAugust()inSeptember()inOctober()inNovember()inDecember()inMonth($month)everyMonth()onMonthInterval($interval)onSunday()onMonday()onTuesday()onWednesday()onThursday()onFriday()onSaturday()onDayOfWeek($weekday)onDaysOfWeek($weekdays)betweenDaysOfWeek($from, $to)notOnDaysOfWeek($weekdays)onWeekend()onWeekdays()everyWeekday()onWeekdayInterval($interval)hourly()hourlyAt($minute)daily()weekly()monthly()quarterly()yearly()#### Cron

[](#cron)

MethodDescriptionReturn FormatgetCron()Returns the complete cron expressionstringgetMinuteExpression()Returns the minute expressionExpression ObjectgetHourExpression()Returns the hour expressionExpression ObjectgetDayOfMonthExpression()Returns the day of month expressionExpression ObjectgetMonthExpression()Returns the month expressionExpression ObjectgetDayOfWeekExpression()Returns the day of week expressionExpression Object\_\_toString()Returns the complete cron expressionstring#### Lexer

[](#lexer)

Lexer is used to parse the cron expression into tokens.

MethodDescriptionReturn FormatfromString()Parses the cron expression into tokensCron Object

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1228d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bee461f8192dd9177138458bcf9558257c572316ca6fed26b68d2f1e7efbb5be?d=identicon)[ThemePoint](/maintainers/ThemePoint)

---

Top Contributors

[![ThemePoint](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28843201?v=4)](https://github.com/ThemePoint "ThemePoint (23 commits)")

---

Tags

buildercronexpressioncronjob

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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