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ghostwriter/collection
======================

Provides a Collection implementation for PHP

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Collection
==========

[](#collection)

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Provides a Collection implementation for PHP.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require ghostwriter/collection
```

### Star ⭐️ this repo if you find it useful

[](#star-️-this-repo-if-you-find-it-useful)

You can also star (🌟) this repo to find it easier later.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
/** @var \Ghostwriter\Collection\Collection $collection */
$collection = Collection::new([1, 2, 3])
    ->append([4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
    ->map(static fn ($v): int => $v * 10)
    ->filter(static fn ($v): bool => 0 === $v % 20);

$collection->toArray();  // [20, 40, 60, 80]
$collection->drop(1)     // [40, 60, 80]
           ->take(2)     // [40, 60]
           ->slice(1, 1) // [60]
           ->toArray();  // [60]
```

### Credits

[](#credits)

- [Nathanael Esayeas](https://github.com/ghostwriter)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/ghostwriter/collection/contributors)

Thank you
---------

[](#thank-you)

Thank you for freely sharing your knowledge, insight and free time with me. I am grateful for your help and support.

- [Larry Garfield](https://github.com/crell)
- [Aleksei Khudiakov](https://github.com/xerkus)
- [Andi Rückauer](https://github.com/arueckauer)

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

### License

[](#license)

Please see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for more information on the license that applies to this project.

### Security

[](#security)

Please see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) for more information on security disclosure process.

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~72 days

Recently: every ~236 days

Total

20

Last Release

54d ago

Major Versions

0.5.1 → 1.0.02022-12-02

1.4.0 → 2.0.02024-02-22

2.1.x-dev → 3.0.x-dev2026-03-25

PHP version history (8 changes)0.1.0PHP >=8.0,<8.2

0.5.0PHP >=8.0,<8.3

1.2.0PHP >=8.1,<8.3

1.3.1PHP >=8.1 <8.3

1.3.2PHP >=8.1 <8.4

1.4.0PHP >=8.1

2.0.0PHP >=8.3

2.0.x-devPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1dbb0131801cc451dad9917ab29aa823b25d7eebc9f3875a9d481d109bdb44ee?d=identicon)[ghostwriter](/maintainers/ghostwriter)

---

Top Contributors

[![ghostwriter](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9754361?v=4)](https://github.com/ghostwriter "ghostwriter (1119 commits)")

---

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