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glynnforrest/crutches
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A PHP utility library

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Crutches
========

[](#crutches)

A PHP utility library
---------------------

[](#a-php-utility-library)

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Included classes:

- DotArray - Set and get values from complex array structures easily.
- ItemList - Manipulate a list of objects (arrays with numeric keys). Methods are inspired by functional concepts such as map, filter and take. All methods that operate on the list return a new instance, leaving the original list unchanged.
- MutableItemList - The same as ItemList, except all methods modify the object instead of returning a new instance.
- Bitmask - A series of flags used to represent a group of properties (e.g. user permissions).
- NamedBitmask - An extension of Bitmask that abstracts numeric flags away from the user, instead referring to named flags.
- Roman - Convert integers to roman numerals and back again.

See the docs/ directory for detailed usage on each.

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

[](#installation)

Crutches is installed via Composer. To add it to your project, simply add it to your composer.json file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "glynnforrest/crutches": "0.4.*"
    }
}
```

And run composer to update your dependencies:

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar update
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~54 days

Recently: every ~79 days

Total

10

Last Release

4109d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578458?v=4)[Glynn Forrest](/maintainers/glynnforrest)[@glynnforrest](https://github.com/glynnforrest)

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Top Contributors

[![glynnforrest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578458?v=4)](https://github.com/glynnforrest "glynnforrest (127 commits)")

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Tags

listbitmaskdotarrayroman-numerals

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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