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ggergo/enum
===========

Enum implementation for PHP

v1.0.1(5y ago)02MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Sep 9Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Enum
====

[](#enum)

Goals
-----

[](#goals)

To handle Enum arguments

```
function(MyEnumInterface $myEnum)
{
}

```

To always work with instances rather than strings

```
$myEnum = MyEnum::MY_CONSTANT();

// won't work if you use private constants
$myEnum = MyEnum::MY_CONSTANT;

```

Comparison

```
$myEnum.isEqual(MyEnum::MY_CONSTANT());

```

To avoid the reimplementation of functions in every Enum implementation

```
...
class MyEnum extends Enum implements ClassMapEnumInterface, LabelMapEnumInterface
{
    use ClassMapEnumTrait;
    use LabelMapEnumTrait;
...

```

To make DEFAULT not special

```
// Start constant names with underscore when defining not unique values, like a default value.
private const _DEFAULT = self::APPLE;

```

To access the native value in case of transformation

```
$myEnum->getValue();

```

To create an instance from a native value in case of a reverse transformation

```
$myEnum = MyEnum::createByValue($myValue);

```

To use a cache per Enum abstraction to save memory and to speed up accessing constants and serving Enum instances.

Example implementation
----------------------

[](#example-implementation)

Take a look at src/Mock/SimpleFruitEnum.php for a simple implementation.

Take a look at src/Mock/FruitEnum.php to see how to extend the functionality.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

Require with composer, ie.:

```
{
    "require": {
        "ggergo/enum": "*"
    }
}

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

2076d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/22af1787d372106e16f30abe8340a859872db33ae4a34cd62b0565bb1306a1a7?d=identicon)[ggergo](/maintainers/ggergo)

---

Top Contributors

[![ggergo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12773054?v=4)](https://github.com/ggergo "ggergo (2 commits)")

---

Tags

enum

###  Code Quality

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