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icecave/evoke
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A library for invoking PHP callables using positional and named arguments.

1.0.0(11y ago)2283MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Jun 6Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Evoke
=====

[](#evoke)

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**Evoke** is a small PHP library for invoking callables using positional and named parameters, a little like Python's `*args, **kwargs` syntax.

```
composer require icecave/evoke

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use Icecave\Evoke\Invoker;

$invoker = new Invoker;

$func = function ($a, $b, $c = 30, $d) {
    return array($a, $b, $c, $d);
};

$positionalArguments = array(10, 20);
$keywordArguments = array('d' => '40');

$result = $invoker->invoke($func, $positionalArguments, $keywordArguments);

assert($result === array(10, 20, 30, 40));
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

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 ~460 days

Total

2

Last Release

4315d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02014-09-09

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

invokecallablefunctionkeywordparametersargumentscall

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