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jasonmccreary/pspec
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PSpec is a modern, BDD-style testing framework for PHP.

v1.0.0-alpha(9y ago)19MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Jun 30Pushed 9y agoCompare

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PSpec
=====

[](#pspec)

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PSpec is a modern, BDD-style testing framework for PHP - enabling you to write more readable tests using its simple, conversational DSL and expressive, fluent assertions.

```
describe('string functions', function () {
    describe('strtolower', function () {
        it('should return a string with all its characters lower case', function () {
            expect(strtolower('PSpec'))->toEqual('pspec');
        });
    });

    describe('strpos', function () {
        context('when needle is found', function () {
            it('should return the first character index of needle within haystack', function () {
                expect(strpos('PSpec', 'Spec'))->toBe(1);
            });
        });

        context('when needle is not found', function () {
            it('should return false', function () {
                expect(strpos('PSpec', 'PHP'))->toBeFalse();
            });
        });
    });
});
```

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

[](#installation)

Install PSpec as a **development** dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer require --dev jasonmccreary/pspec:1.*@alpha
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run your tests using the `pspec` command:

```
vendor/bin/pspec
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation and additional examples will be available in the official release.

License
-------

[](#license)

PSpec is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Thanks
------

[](#thanks)

PSpec was built atop [matura](https://github.com/jacobstr/matura) and heavily inspired by [RSpec](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-core) and [Jasmine](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine). I want to recognize and thank these projects.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 67.5% 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

3646d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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