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icecave/isolator
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Dependency injection for global functions.

3.0.3(11y ago)371.3M↑10.4%20MITPHP >=5.3

Since Jul 10Compare

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###  Health Score

40

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~82 days

Recently: every ~56 days

Total

13

Last Release

4071d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02012-08-05

2.3.0 → 3.0.02014-10-08

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.1.2PHP >=5.3.3

2.2.0PHP >=5.3

### Community

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Tags

phpunitunittestmockstubfakeDouble

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