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itsmill3rtime/simple-helpers
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Helper functions to ease development and increase readability

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Simple Helpers
==============

[](#simple-helpers)

Helper functions for laravel to ease development and increase readability

### Installation

[](#installation)

Simple Helpers requires Laravel >= 5.1

Install Package:

```
$ composer require itsmill3rtime/simple-helpers
```

Add provider to Laravel config.php

```
'providers' => [
 ...
    \Itsmill3rtime\Helpers\SimpleHelpersProvider::class,
]

```

Some functions include a final parameter called $loose. This if set to true will use the == operator instead of ===

### Condition Helpers

[](#condition-helpers)

Functionnot\_null($value)returns true if value is not null, false if is nullis\_false($value, $loose = false)returns true if value is false, false if value is truenot\_false($value, $loose = false)returns true if value is not false, false if value is falseis\_true($value, $loose = false)returns true if value is true, false if value is falsenot\_true($value, $loose = false)return true if value is not true, false if value is truenot\_in\_array($needle, $haystack)returns true if value is not found in array, false if value is foundnot\_empty($value)returns true if value is not empty, false if value is empty### Eloquent Helpers

[](#eloquent-helpers)

FunctiongetInputs($request, $merge\_in = \[\])Takes laravel custom requests and returns only the fields present in $request->rules() array. $mergin\_in field will merge in key pairs provided into the final output (useful for adding user\_id, etc.)enumMigration()Call inside your migration when modifying a table that has enum columns. Allows updates without getting errors due to Doctrine not fully supporting enum type by emulating the enum column as string### Environment Helpers

[](#environment-helpers)

Functionserver($key)returns $\_SERVER($key), if key not found will return null

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~14 days

Recently: every ~25 days

Total

8

Last Release

2926d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2539808?v=4)[Jimmy](/maintainers/itsmill3rtime)[@itsmill3rtime](https://github.com/itsmill3rtime)

---

Top Contributors

[![itsmill3rtime](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2539808?v=4)](https://github.com/itsmill3rtime "itsmill3rtime (10 commits)")

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