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geeksareforlife/utilities
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Various general purpose utilities

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Utilities
=========

[](#utilities)

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This small package is simply a collection of functions that I find useful across multiple projects.

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

[](#installation)

Install using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require geeksareforlife/utilities

```

The only requirement at this time is PHP 7.1 and above.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The package provides static functions grouped into classes. See the list of functions below.

When using, you can either call the functions using the fully qualified name:

```
$newArray = GeeksAreForLife\Utilities\Arrays::sanitiseArray($array, $keys);

```

or have a use statement at the top of your file:

```
use GeeksAreForLife\Utilities\Arrays;
...
$newArray = Arrays::sanitiseArray($array, $keys);

```

### Arrays::sanitiseArray($array, $keys)

[](#arrayssanitisearrayarray-keys)

This function takes two arguments - the array you want to sanitise and a list of keys you want in the returned array.

For example, given this as an input array:

```
$array = [
  'red'   => 'abc',
  'green' => true,
  'blue'  => [1, 2, 3],
  ];

```

and the following as the list of keys:

```
$keys = ['red', 'blue', 'yellow'];

```

The returned array will be:

```
$array = [
  'red'   => 'abc',
  'blue'  => [1, 2, 3],
  ];

```

Notice that `yellow` does not appear as a key.

### Arrays::sanitiseArrayList($list, $keys)

[](#arrayssanitisearraylistlist-keys)

This function takes the provided list of arrays and sanitises each one before returning a list of the sanitised arrays.

The individual arrays are santised in exactly the same way as noted in the previous function.

### Strings::startsWith($string, $startsWith)

[](#stringsstartswithstring-startswith)

This function checks if the provided `$string` starts with `$startsWith` and returns either `true` or `false`.

`$startsWith` can be of any length. An empty string in `$startsWith` will return `true`.

### Strings::endsWith($string, $endsWith)

[](#stringsendswithstring-endswith)

This function checks if the provided `$string` ends with `$endsWith` and returns either `true` or `false`

`$endsWith` can be of any length. An empty string in `$endsWith` will return `true`.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Firstly, I am really happy that you are thinking about contributing to this project.

You can find the [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) in the root of this repository.

Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

### Filing a Bug or Requesting a feature

[](#filing-a-bug-or-requesting-a-feature)

Both of these are contributing too! You can find details on how to do both in the [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.2% 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 ~317 days

Total

5

Last Release

2095d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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