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kylekatarnls/update-helper
==========================

Update helper

1.2.1(6y ago)1.5k46.7M—0.5%128MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 26Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

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update-helper
=============

[](#update-helper)

Allow you to display update/upgrade instructions to your library users.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
...
"require": {
    "kylekatarnls/update-helper": "^1"
},
"require-dev": {
    "composer/composer": "^1.2",
},
"extra": {
    "update-helper": "MyNamesapace\\MyUpdateHelper"
},
"scripts": {
    "post-autoload-dump": [
        "UpdateHelper\\UpdateHelper::check"
    ]
},
...
```

```
namespace MyNamesapace;

use UpdateHelper\UpdateHelper;
use UpdateHelper\UpdateHelperInterface;

class MyUpdateHelper implements UpdateHelperInterface
{
    public function check(UpdateHelper $helper)
    {
        $helper->write("You're using an obsolete version of my-super-package, consider upgrading to version 2 or greater.");

        if ($helper->hasAsDependency('laravel/framework') && $helper->isDependencyLesserThan('laravel/framework', '5.0.0')) {
            $helper->write("You're using a very old version or Laravel we don't support, please consider upgrading at least to 5.0.0.");
        }

        if ($helper->isInteractive()) {
            if ($helper->getIo()->askConfirmation('Do you want us to upgrade it for you?')) {
                $helper->setDependencyVersions(array(
                    'my-vendor/my-super-package' => '^2.0.0',
                    'laravel/framework' => '^5.0.0', // Skip it if not installed
                ))->update();
            }
        }
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity71

Solid adoption and visibility

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.2% 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 ~63 days

Recently: every ~78 days

Total

6

Last Release

2232d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/df90c422f521bf26355c3e185a59fe7afb35531af56244dfaec03ee1d0ca6f24?d=identicon)[kylekatarn](/maintainers/kylekatarn)

---

Top Contributors

[![kylekatarnls](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5966783?v=4)](https://github.com/kylekatarnls "kylekatarnls (33 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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