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howkins/cast
============

Cast variables

1.0.1(7y ago)012PHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Aug 8Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cast
====

[](#cast)

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Instalation
===========

[](#instalation)

```
composer require howkins/cast

```

If Laravel version is less than 5.5 is need to include manually in `config/app.php`

Service provider

```
	'providers' => [
		Howkins\Cast\Providers\CastServiceProvider::class
	]
```

Facade

```
	'aliases' => [
		"Cast" => Howkins\Cast\Facades\Cast::class
	]
```

Can be usage and contract in follow namespace `Howkins\Cast\Contracts\Cast`

Available methods for cast
==========================

[](#available-methods-for-cast)

`Cast::_str()` or `Cast::_string()`

`Cast::_int()` or `Cast::_integer()`

`Cast::_bool()` or `Cast::_boolean()`

```
Cast::_bool('false', $strict = 0); // print bool(false) if strict is 1 will return bool(true)
Cast::_bool('0.0', $strict = 0); // print bool(false) if strict is 1 will return bool(true)
```

`Cast::_arr()` or `Cast::_array()`

`Cast::_obj()` or `Cast::_object()`

`Cast::_null()`

`Cast::_float()`

`Cast::_double()`

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

2884d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6891179?v=4)[Georgi Zhelezov](/maintainers/howkins)[@howkins](https://github.com/howkins)

---

Top Contributors

[![howkins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6891179?v=4)](https://github.com/howkins "howkins (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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