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humans/when
===========

A global helper for if else statements

1.0.0(5y ago)014.8k↓28.6%MITPHP

Since Mar 9Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

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When
====

[](#when)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require humans/when
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
echo when(true)->return('is-open');
// "is-open"

echo when(false)->return('is-open'); // prints null
// null

echo when(false)->return('is-open')->else('is-closed');
// "is-closed"
```

### Comparison

[](#comparison)

```
echo when(true)->is(false)->return('is true')->else('is false');
```

### Proxy

[](#proxy)

Proxies methods

```
when($product)->isOutOfStock()->return('is out of stock');
```

Proxies properties

```
when($product)->is_available->return('is available');
```

Global Methods
--------------

[](#global-methods)

```
when();

unless();
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1897d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21359371?v=4)[Humans](/maintainers/humans)[@humans](https://github.com/humans)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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