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jamessessford/playing-cards
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A PHP implementation of a deck of playing cards to be used with Verbs

v1.0.4(8mo ago)025MITPHP

Since Oct 31Pushed 8mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Deck of cards
=============

[](#deck-of-cards)

A package to provide an implementation of a deck of cards for fun with [Verbs](verbs.thunk.dev)

To use this package, run `composer require jamessessford/playing-cards`.

Once installed, you can run `php artisan vendor:publish --provider=PlayingCards\\PlayingCardsProvider` to publish the card images to your public directory.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
use PlayingCards\Deck;
use PlayingCards\CardCollection;

$deck = new Deck();

$cardCollection = CardCollection::make($deck->deal());

$cardImage = card_front($cardCollection->pop());
$cardBackImage = card_back();
```

Deck contents
=============

[](#deck-contents)

4 suits of 13 cards.

The suits in the deck are

```
Hearts
Clubs
Diamonds
Spades

```

The cards that make up each suit are

```
Ace
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Jack
Queen
King

```

A deck consists of 52 cards, covering each value for each suit

A deck can be shuffled

A deck can be dealt from

A deck can be queried for remaining cards

Cards
=====

[](#cards)

A card has a suit and a value

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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 ~72 days

Total

5

Last Release

268d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e8f4a1463b3a4c7241f81472d9088740a4b80b2069d1f03bce53b603de053dcd?d=identicon)[jamessessford](/maintainers/jamessessford)

---

Top Contributors

[![jamessessford](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17096446?v=4)](https://github.com/jamessessford "jamessessford (14 commits)")

---

Tags

cardsverbsplaying cards

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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