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imi/database-helper
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database-helper
===============

[](#database-helper)

Database Helper Functions

Mostely extracted aus n98-magerun(2) to be used in other projects. Independent of symfony packages.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Strip database (export only the structure, not the data), originally baseds on \[SelfScripts\] ()
- Human Readable exports and optimize on import (originally by @amenk)
- Compressing / uncompressing dumps (by the n98 team)
- Pipe through pipe viewer for nice progress bars
- Remove definer statements from dumps

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Before running tests, set the following environment variables:

- `PHPUNIT_DB_HOSTNAME` - defaults to localhost
- `PHPUNIT_DB_USERNAME`
- `PHPUNIT_DB_PASSWORD`
- `PHPUNIT_DB_NAME` - optional - will be auto generated im omitted

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~214 days

Total

5

Last Release

2198d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5e83b21f6b852a0a527372174187cc61c74cbbfbdb34df74816ef77736224fff?d=identicon)[imi](/maintainers/imi)

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Top Contributors

[![amenk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1087128?v=4)](https://github.com/amenk "amenk (35 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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