PHPackages                             jaschweder/helpers - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)
4. /
5. jaschweder/helpers

ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)

jaschweder/helpers
==================

Basic help classes and functions for any application

v1.0.0(10y ago)02.4k[1 PRs](https://github.com/jaschweder/helpers/pulls)1MITPHPCI passing

Since May 28Pushed 5y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/jaschweder/helpers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jaschweder/helpers)[ RSS](/packages/jaschweder-helpers/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (3)Used By (1)

Helpers
=======

[](#helpers)

> Classes and functions for any project

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/79872c9ab96d70ac2e29b1d5b4251504e734e0006fc8b4e3d9708a9656b88891/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6a61737764722f68656c706572732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/jaswdr/helpers)

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require jaschweder\helpers

```

Getting start
-------------

[](#getting-start)

Examples:

```
// dump and die
dd('some random text');

// get enviorment with default value
env('FOO', 'bar');

```

> for more examples see the ´helpers.php´ file

### Author

[](#author)

Jonathan A. Schweder

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3684d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5f232811692ccae466d504af869f3234845da0d834b7948d0863d8ede61eec7d?d=identicon)[jaschweder](/maintainers/jaschweder)

---

Top Contributors

[![jaswdr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6409113?v=4)](https://github.com/jaswdr "jaswdr (11 commits)")

---

Tags

helpersphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/jaschweder-helpers/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/jaschweder-helpers/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/jaschweder-helpers)
```

###  Alternatives

[quickshiftin/assetorderer

Ordering of CSS files for Magento2

2624.4k](/packages/quickshiftin-assetorderer)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)