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jclaveau/php-visibility-violator
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Class providing simple helpers to violate the defined visibility of methods and properties

1.1.1(2mo ago)0652↓100%1[1 issues](https://github.com/jclaveau/php-visibility-violator/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI passing

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PHP Visibility Violator
=======================

[](#php-visibility-violator)

This class provides simple helpers uppon basic features of the [Reflection API](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php) to violate the [visibility](http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php) of properties and methods:

- Modify or access privates properties of classes and instances
- Call privates or protected methods

Quality
-------

[](#quality)

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

[](#installation)

The Visibility Violator is available via composer

```
composer require jclaveau/php-visibility-violator

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use JClaveau\VisibilityViolator\VisibilityViolator;

$value = VisibilityViolator::getHiddenProperty($instance, 'property');
$value = VisibilityViolator::getHiddenProperty(MyClass::class, 'static_property');

VisibilityViolator::setHiddenProperty($instance, 'property', 'new value');
VisibilityViolator::setHiddenProperty(MyClass::class, 'static_property', 'new value');

$return = VisibilityViolator::callHiddenMethod($instance, 'method', $arguments);
$return = VisibilityViolator::callHiddenMethod(MyClass::class, 'staticMethod', ['argument 1', 'argument 2']);
```

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

[](#documentation)

- [API Reference](docs)
- [PHP Visibility Documentation](http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php)
- [PHP Reflection Documentation](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php)
- [Tests](tests/unit/VisibilityViolatorTest.php)

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

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 ~873 days

Total

4

Last Release

66d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02019-03-20

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

1.1.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

helpersreflectionhiddenprivatepublicvisibilityprotectedviolate

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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