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gavinggordon/constantgroups
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A PHP class which provides quick as-needed access to pre- and user defined data via constants.

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ConstantGroups
==============

[](#constantgroups)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

A PHP class which provides quick as-needed access to pre- and user defined data via constants.

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

The following dependencies will be automatically installed, if not already, when installing via composer:

- [gavinggordon/predefiner](https://github.com/gavinggordon/predefiner)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
	composer require gavinggordon/constantgroups

```

### Examples

[](#examples)

#### Instantiation:

[](#instantiation)

```
	include_once( __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php' );

	$constantgroups = new \GGG\Config\ConstantGroups();
```

#### Setting:

[](#setting)

Use as many or as few ConstantGroups as you want...

```
	$constantgroups->set( ['hexcolours', 'rgbcolours', 'rgbacolours'] );
```

#### Initializing:

[](#initializing)

```
	$constantgroups->init();
```

#### Utilization:

[](#utilization)

```
	echo HEX_ORANGE;
	// Result:  #FF8000
```

```
	echo RGB_ORANGE;
	// Result:  rgba( 255, 128, 0 )
```

```
	echo RGBA_ORANGE;
	// Result:  rgba( 255, 128, 0, 1.0 )
```

#### More Capabilities:

[](#more-capabilities)

Create your own named ConstantGroups...

```
	use \GGG\Config\ConstantGroups as ConstantGroups;
	use \GGG\Config\ConstantGroupCreator as ConstantGroupCreator;

	$myconstantsgroup = [
		'my application name' => 'testapp',
		'application version' => '1.4.5',
		'apphomedir' => dirname( __DIR__ )
	];

	$constantgroupcreator = new ConstantGroupCreator( $myconstantsgroup );

	ConstantGroups::create( $constantgroupcreator, 'AppData' );

	$constantgroups = new ConstantGroups();

	$constantgroups->set( ['hexcolours', 'appdata'] );

	$constantgroups->init();

	echo MY_APPLICATION_NAME;
	// Result: testapp
```

#### Issues

[](#issues)

If you have any issues at all, please post your findings in the issues page at .

#### License

[](#license)

This package utilizes the MIT License.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

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Total

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Last Release

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