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kherge/exception
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Simplifies the process of constructing new exceptions using formatted messages.

1.0.0(8y ago)0681Apache-2.0PHP

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Exception
=========

[](#exception)

Simplifies the process of constructing new exceptions using formatted messages.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use KHerGe\Exception\AbstractException;

class MyException extends AbstractException
{
}

// Without any arguments.
$exception = new MyException();

// With only a message. ("Example message.")
$exception = new MyException('Example message.');

// With a message format and values to format. ("Example message.")
$exception = new MyException('Example %s.', 'message');

// With only a previous exception.
$exception = new MyException($previous);

// With a message and previous exception.
$exception = new MyException('Example message.', $previous);

// With a message format, values to format, and a previous exception.
$exception = new MyException('Example %s.', 'message', $previous);
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1 or greater

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

[](#installation)

Use Composer to install the package as a dependency.

```
$ composer require kherge/exception

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Use PHPUnit 7.0 to run the test suite.

```
$ phpunit

```

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is available under the Apache 2.0 and MIT licenses.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95% 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

3052d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)[Kevin Herrera](/maintainers/kherge)[@kherge](https://github.com/kherge)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

exceptionphpexceptionformatting

###  Code Quality

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