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ialopezg/collections
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PHP Base Library for Collection Management

v0.0.2(5y ago)0171MITPHPPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

Since Sep 15Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Collections Manager
===================

[](#collections-manager)

PHP based Collections Manager

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require ialopezg/collections
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6+

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Set item
- Update item
- Remove item
- Lookup for an item
    - By key name when single lookup
    - By dot notation when nested lookup
- Data cache for quick access
- Access to firs level object by invoking its name in the class, by example: ` echo $collection->itemName;`. Protected properties cannot be invoked.
- Merging of classes are derivative from `CollectionInterface`.
- Access to its items like associative arrays.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use ialopezg\Libraries\Collection;

// class derived from Collection class
class ItemCollection extends Collection { }

$collection = new ItemCollection([]);
// get the value, if not found return default value
echo $collection->get('item_name', 'initial value');
// changing item_name's value
$collection->set('item_name', 'item value');
// print current value
if ($collection->has('item_name')) {
    echo $collection->get('item_name');
}
// remove item_name property
$collection->remove('item_name');

echo $collection->count();
```

Please, check [examples](examples) directory for more details of usage or run:

```
### from linux bash
./server.sh
```

or

```
### from windows bash
server.bat
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is under the MIT license. For more information see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

2067d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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