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kherge/file-manager
===================

Manages strict read and write operations.

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File Manager
============

[](#file-manager)

Manages strict read and write operations for files and file streams.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use KHerGe\File\File;

// Create a new file manager.
$file = new File('example.txt', 'r');

// Iterate through the contents of the file.
foreach ($file->iterate() as $buffer) {
    // ...
}
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Add as a dependency to a [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) managed project.

```
composer require kherge/file-manager

```

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

[](#documentation)

Please refer to [`FileInterface`](src/KHerGe/File/FileInterface.php) for documentation.

```
use KHerGe\File\File;
use KHerGe\File\Memory;
use KHerGe\File\Stream;

// Create a manager for a file.
$manager = new File('example.txt', 'r');

// Create a manager for a string.
$manager = new Memory('example contents', false);

// Create a manager for a file stream.
$manager = new Stream($stream);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

File Manager is dual licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~35 days

Recently: every ~49 days

Total

10

Last Release

3262d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02016-11-23

### Community

Maintainers

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

---

Top Contributors

[![kherge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)](https://github.com/kherge "kherge (30 commits)")[![kherrera-ebsco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25376904?v=4)](https://github.com/kherrera-ebsco "kherrera-ebsco (3 commits)")

---

Tags

filefileioreadwrite

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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