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keyvanakbary/mimic
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Dead simple functional library for object prototyping, data hydration and data exposition

v1.0.0(10y ago)2135.2k↓42.9%2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

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Mimic
=====

[](#mimic)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7b129fa6c01d37344ca49eaa70362e106de36b2cec8acd65ce47a7233f70990a/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6b657976616e616b626172792f6d696d69632e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/keyvanakbary/mimic)

Dead simple functional library for object prototyping, data hydration and data exposition.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require keyvanakbary/mimic
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
namespace Domain;

use mimic as m;

class ComputerScientist {
    private $name;
    private $surname;

    public function __construct($name, $surname) {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->surname = $surname;
    }

    public function rocks() {
        return $this->name . ' ' . $this->surname . ' rocks!';
    }
}

assert(m\prototype('Domain\ComputerScientist') instanceof Domain\ComputerScientist);

m\hydrate('Domain\ComputerScientist', array(
    'name' => 'John',
    'surname' => 'McCarthy'
))->rocks(); //John McCarthy rocks!

assert(m\expose(new Domain\ComputerScientist('Grace', 'Hopper')) == array(
    'name' => 'Grace',
    'surname' => 'Hopper'
));
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

3935d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![keyvanakbary](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/717129?v=4)](https://github.com/keyvanakbary "keyvanakbary (1 commits)")

---

Tags

hydrationpersistencephpserializehydrateprototypereplicateunserializeexposeimitatemimic

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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