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icecave/repr
============

A library for generating string representations of any value, inspired by Python's reprlib library.

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Repr
====

[](#repr)

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**Repr** provides a way to generate informational string representations of any value, inspired by Python's [reprlib](http://docs.python.org/release/3.1.5/library/reprlib.html) library.

```
composer require icecave/repr

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

Use the `Repr::repr()` method to obtain a string representation for any type.

```
use Icecave\Repr\Repr;

echo Repr::repr([1, 2, 3]);
```

The output from the example above is:

```
[1, 2, 3]

```

### Arrays

[](#arrays)

Arrays are represented using PHP 5.4 style short array notation. By default a maximum of 3 elements are shown along with a count of any additional elements. Nested arrays are represented up to 3 levels deep by default, with any arrays nested deeper than this showing only the element count.

### Numeric Values

[](#numeric-values)

Numbers are represented naturally, floating point values will always display a decimal point even if representing a whole number.

### Strings

[](#strings)

Strings are represented enclosed in double quotes up to a default maximum length of 50 characters. Any control characters are shown as escape sequences.

### Objects

[](#objects)

Objects are represented as a class name and SPL object hash enclosed in angle brackets. If the object has a `__toString`method, the result of this is shown after the class name according to the rules of string representations specified above.

If an object implements [RepresentableInterface](src/Icecave/Repr/RepresentableInterface.php), the result of its stringRepresentation() method is used instead.

### Resources

[](#resources)

Resources are represented as a resource type and ID enclosed in angle brackets. Stream resources will also display the stream mode.

### Other Types

[](#other-types)

All other types are represented by the result of [var\_export()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php) in lowercase.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity54

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~556 days

Total

6

Last Release

2093d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02019-05-27

2.0.1 → 3.0.02020-08-25

3.0.0 → 4.0.02020-08-25

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.0.1PHP >=5.3

2.0.0PHP >=7.1

3.0.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

stringreadablehumanrepresentationrepr

###  Code Quality

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