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icewind/patcher
===============

Replace build in php functions

v0.4.0(10y ago)034MITPHP

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Patcher
=======

[](#patcher)

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Replace build in php functions

```
composer require icewind/patcher

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Overwriting a method

[](#overwriting-a-method)

```
use Icewind\Patcher\Patcher;

$patcher = new Patcher();
$patcher->patchMethod('time', function () {
    return 100;
});
$patcher->whiteListDirectory(__DIR__ . '/src');
$patcher->autoPatch();

include 'src/....';
```

### Using the original method

[](#using-the-original-method)

```
use Icewind\Patcher\Patcher;

$patcher = new Patcher();
$patcher->patchMethod('time', function ($method, $arguments, $original) {
    $time = $original();
    error_log("Time: $time");
    return $time;
});
$patcher->whiteListDirectory(__DIR__ . '/src');
$patcher->autoPatch();

include 'src/....';
```

### Overwriting a class

[](#overwriting-a-class)

```
use Icewind\Patcher\Patcher;

class DummyDateTime extends DateTime {
	public function __construct() {
		parent::__construct("1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC");
	}
}

$patcher = new Patcher();
$patcher->patchClass('\DateTime', '\DummyDateTime');
$patcher->whiteListDirectory(__DIR__ . '/src');
$patcher->autoPatch();

include 'src/....';
```

API
---

[](#api)

- `patchMethod(string $method, callable $handler)`: Set the handler for a method
- The handler will be called with the following three arguments
- `string $method` the name of the method being called
- `array $arguments` the arguments the method was called with
- `callable $original` a closure which will call the overwriten method with the correct arguments and return the result
- `patchClass(string $method, string $replacement)`: Overwrite a class with a different one
    - Note, at the moment this only works with classes in the global namespace
- `whiteListDirectory(string $path)`: Add a directory to the white list for the auto patcher
- `blackListDirectory(string $path)`: Add a directory to the black list for the auto patcher
- `autoPatch()`: Enable auto patching for all files included from this point
- Automatically apply the patch methods for any namespace defined
- Will only be applied for files within a whitelisted directory

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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 ~8 days

Total

4

Last Release

3859d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9ea4722a1296fa93edb98eae91349659927af69f7711cf35693be2b4c28ea618?d=identicon)[icewind1991](/maintainers/icewind1991)

---

Top Contributors

[![icewind1991](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1283854?v=4)](https://github.com/icewind1991 "icewind1991 (17 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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