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klamius/php-enum
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A PHP library providing a way to work with enumeration

1.0.1(7y ago)18MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Aug 23Pushed 7y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Klamius/php-enum)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/klamius/php-enum)[ Docs](http://github.com/klamius/php-enum)[ RSS](/packages/klamius-php-enum/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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PHP Enum inspired by SplEnum
============================

[](#php-enum-inspired-by-splenum)

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

[](#installation)

by using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

```
composer require klamius/php-enum

```

Philosophie
-----------

[](#philosophie)

This library give an easier way to emulate and create enumeration objects natively in PHP and be replacement to `SplEnum` which is not integrated directly to PHP.

In our daily usage we deal with many enums (all domain entity states, months, genders, etc. ) and we get into dilemma, should it be Class member, constants or Interface constants and so on. and then we treat it as a scalar value which most of time can't be validated or type hinted.

So using an enum instead of constants provides the following advantages:

- type hint: `function setState(OrderStateEnum $state) {`

### Declaration

[](#declaration)

```
use Klamius\Enum\Enum;

/**
 * GenderEnum enum
 */
class Gender extends Enum
{
    const MALE = 'male';
    const FEMALE = 'female';
}
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
class User
{
    /**
     * @var Gender
     */
    private $gender;

    function setGender(Gender $gender)
    {
        $this->gender = $gender;
    }
}

$gender = new Gender(Gender::MALE);
$user->setGender($gender);

//or
echo $gender;
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2821d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

enumenumerationphp-enumOOP

###  Code Quality

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