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ingenerator/php-utils
=====================

Simple, standalone utility classes for PHP applications

v2.5.1(8mo ago)134.5k↓36.4%2[2 issues](https://github.com/ingenerator/php-utils/issues)3BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0CI passing

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php-utils provides common, simple, dependency-free PHP helpers. Note that the selection and operation of utility functions is (and always will be) opinionated based on our needs.

[![Tests](https://github.com/ingenerator/php-utils/workflows/Run%20tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ingenerator/php-utils/actions)

Installing php-utils
====================

[](#installing-php-utils)

`$> composer require ingenerator/php-utils`

Functionality included
======================

[](#functionality-included)

- [Support for managing runtime/environment configuration](docs/managing_runtime_config.md)
- Logging framework for outputting application and request logs to Stackdriver via stderr/stdout (see StackdriverApplicationLogger)
- Utils for working with Associative Arrays (some ported from Kohana framework)

Contributing
============

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome but please contact us before you start work on anything : this is primarily an internally-focused package so we may have particular requirements / opinions that differ from yours.

Contributors
============

[](#contributors)

This package has been sponsored by [inGenerator Ltd](http://www.ingenerator.com)

- Andrew Coulton [acoulton](https://github.com/acoulton) - Lead developer

Licence
=======

[](#licence)

Licensed under the [BSD-3-Clause Licence](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity94

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.3% 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 ~51 days

Total

55

Last Release

243d ago

Major Versions

0.2.x-dev → v1.0.02019-04-03

1.x-dev → v2.0.02023-10-27

PHP version history (9 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^5.5||^7.0

v0.2.0PHP ^7.2

v1.6.0PHP ^7.4

v1.11.0PHP ^7.4 || ~8.0.0

v1.16.0PHP ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0

v1.17.0PHP ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0

v1.19.0PHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0

v2.1.0PHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0

v2.5.0PHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f6ebcc608a86cec9a3ce7a4932994e2b89fabbfcdde69aff43e8139f34e07a5e?d=identicon)[acoulton](/maintainers/acoulton)

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Top Contributors

[![acoulton](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/416566?v=4)](https://github.com/acoulton "acoulton (144 commits)")[![craig410](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1156379?v=4)](https://github.com/craig410 "craig410 (94 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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