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foo9/blank\_present
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The blank and present function for PHP.

1.0.1(11y ago)0588MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Mar 25Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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blank\_present
==============

[](#blank_present)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a9cd437986f99944a131be9349951b2d441897ecee9d87698015fb27de61269d/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f666f6f392f626c616e6b5f70726573656e742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/foo9/blank_present)

The blank and present function for PHP.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP 5.4+

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The blank function:

```
if (_blank($var)) {
    // do stuff
}
```

The present function:

```
if (_present($var)) {
    // do stuff
}
```

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

```
$ vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4069d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![foo9](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207183?v=4)](https://github.com/foo9 "foo9 (10 commits)")

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Tags

presentblank

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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