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josephlavin/tap
===============

Stand alone port of Laravel's tap method.

v1.0.0(8y ago)220.6k↓50%MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

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josephlavin/tap
===============

[](#josephlavintap)

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A stand alone port of [Laravel's](https://laravel.com/) `tap` method (inspired by Ruby). This package will add a `tap` method to the global namespace. For more information see [Taylor Otwell's explanation of tap](https://medium.com/@taylorotwell/tap-tap-tap-1fc6fc1f93a6).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require josephlavin/tap
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

You need to create a model and commit it to the database using `save`:

```
function createAndSaveModel($attributes)
{
    $model = new Model($attributes);

    $model->save();

    return $model;
}
```

The same code can be simplified utilizing `tap`:

```
function createAndSaveModel($attributes)
{
    return tap(new Model($attributes), function (Model $model) {
        $model->save();
    });
}
```

Utilizing the proxy feature it can be further simplified:

```
function createAndSaveModel($attributes)
{
    return tap(new Model($attributes))->save();
}
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

3158d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/65083113296bd07585eeede4839f41d311366c6abe8a47039ebca7f07526d968?d=identicon)[josephlavin](/maintainers/josephlavin)

---

Top Contributors

[![josephlavin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7443997?v=4)](https://github.com/josephlavin "josephlavin (7 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelphpphp7phplaraveltap

###  Code Quality

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