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hypejunction/elgg\_stars
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Star rating for Elgg

3.1.0(10y ago)01941[3 issues](https://github.com/hypeJunction/elgg_stars/issues)GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.4

Since Aug 3Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Elgg Stars
==========

[](#elgg-stars)

Star rating for Elgg

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Adding a rating form

[](#adding-a-rating-form)

1. First, either define your rating criteria using the plugin setting, or by calling `elgg_stars_register_rating_annotation_name($criteria1);`for each rating criteria you are intending to use.
2. Add a form to rate an existing entity:

```
echo elgg_view_form('stars/rate', array(), array(
	'entity' => $entity,
	'annotation_names' => array($criteria1, $criteria2)
));

```

This will display a form with 2 star rating modules. User input will be processed in real time. No need for any further coding on your side.

### Adding a static star input to a form

[](#adding-a-static-star-input-to-a-form)

To add a star input to your form, simple call:

```
echo elgg_view('input/stars', array(
	'name' => 'stars'
));

```

In your action, you would then use standard Elgg API:

```
$stars = get_input('stars');

```

See `input/stars` for a list of additional parameters, including minimum and maximum values;

### Getting rating values

[](#getting-rating-values)

To get a value for a single or multiple criteria, you can call

```
$ratings = elgg_stars_get_entity_rating_values($entity, array($criteria1, $criteria2);

```

You can leave the second parameter empty, to get a total value for all registered rating criteria.

Note that this function will return an associative array, where: `$ratings['value']` is an actual average value of all ratings. Ratings are not weighed, so if you are planning to use multiple rating scales, you need to add your own weighing algorithms.

### Displaying star ratings without user input

[](#displaying-star-ratings-without-user-input)

To display any value on a star rating scale:

```
echo elgg_view('output/stars', array(
	'value' => $my_value
));

```

You can also specify, 'min', 'max', and 'step' parameters to configure the scale.

Credits / Acknowledgements
--------------------------

[](#credits--acknowledgements)

### RateIt - a jQuery star rating plugin

[](#rateit---a-jquery-star-rating-plugin-httprateitcodeplexcom)

Fast, Progressive enhancement, touch support, customizable (just swap out the images, or change some CSS), Unobtrusive JavaScript (using HTML5 data-\* attributes), RTL support, ARIA & keyboard support. Use as many stars as you'd like, and also any step size.

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

- This is a framework-agnostic adaptation of discontinued hypeStarRating

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3935d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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