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jacobemerick/shuffle\_slightly
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shuffle\_slightly
=================

[](#shuffle_slightly)

Function to slightly shuffle an array based on a tolerance parameter.

There may come a time when you want to shuffle an array but you don't want to completely ignore the order. This function, which behaves much like the native [shuffle](http://us1.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php), will perform a slight shuffle.

For example, if you want to shuffle a simple array but you don't want to move any elements more than 2 positions away from their start, just do this.

```
$array = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
jacobemerick\shuffle_slightly($array, 2);
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Through [composer](http://getcomposer.org):

```
$ composer require jacobemerick/shuffle_slightly:~1.0
```

More Information
----------------

[](#more-information)

I wrote a [blog post](http://blog.jacobemerick.com/web-development/slightly-shuffled/) talking about the reasoning, build, and some extra information about shuffling algorithms.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4330d ago

### Community

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