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hrodic/tier
===========

Helper class for application tiers definitions

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Pachico\\Tier
=============

[](#pachicotier)

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Tier is a simple class with no dependencies that handles the definition of application tiers. This is to avoid the usage of non standard strings that usually define the tier an application is running in.

This becomes handly when dealing with frameworks and the required tier configuration files.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require pachico/tier
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Pachico\Tier\Tier;
$tier = new Tier(Tier::DEVELOPMENT, [
    Tier::DEVELOPMENT,
    Tier::STAGING,
    Tier::PRODUCTION
    ]
);
echo $tier . PHP_EOL; // development
echo json_encode($tier, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . PHP_EOL;
/**
{
    "tier": "development",
    "applicationTiers": [
        "development",
        "staging",
        "production"
    ]
}
*/
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

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

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

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 ~165 days

Total

2

Last Release

3241d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02017-06-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1694951?v=4)[Rodrigo](/maintainers/hrodic)[@hrodic](https://github.com/hrodic)

---

Top Contributors

[![hrodic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1694951?v=4)](https://github.com/hrodic "hrodic (1 commits)")

---

Tags

environmenttierpachico

###  Code Quality

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