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gtmassey/days
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An extracted class that I wrote to help with managing days of the week as string objects. It does one thing and one thing only: convert a day of the week name to an abbreviation and back.

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Since Jan 29Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Days.php
========

[](#daysphp)

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Simple helper class for accessing the days of the week as strings in PHP.

> Note from the developer:
>
> This package is literally only one class. I will likely never update this package again. I just wanted to make a simple helper class for switching between days as names and as abbreviations in a separate project. If you have any suggestions for features or ideas, feel free to fork!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Garrett

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require gtmassey/days
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use, you can either create a new days object with the `new` keyword, or you can use the `make` static method, or you can call the day of week directly as a static method:

```
use Gtmassey\Days\Days;

$monday = new Days('Monday');
$tuesday = Days::make('Tuesday');
$wednesday = Days::Wednesday();
```

Once you have a `Days` object, you can call the various methods to return the day of the week as a specific English formatted string:

```
$monday->asCharacterCode();      //'M'
$monday->asShortName();          //'Mon'
$sunday->asCharacterCode();      //'U'
$thursday->asFullName();         //'Thursday'
```

The character codes use `R` for Thursday to avoid confusion with Tuesday and `U` for Sunday to avoid confusion with Saturday.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

To run the testsuite, run the following command:

```
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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.

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###  Release Activity

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Total

1

Last Release

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### Community

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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Type Coverage Yes

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