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laravel/helpers
===============

Provides backwards compatibility for helpers in the latest Laravel release.

v1.8.3(2mo ago)80560.2M—8.7%44[1 PRs](https://github.com/laravel/helpers/pulls)20MITPHPPHP ^7.2.0|^8.0CI passing

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Laravel Helpers
===============

[](#laravel-helpers)

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This package provides a backwards compatibility layer for Laravel 5.8 helpers in the latest Laravel release.

**We are not accepting new helpers.**

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

[](#installation)

Install the package with Composer:

```
composer require laravel/helpers

```

Official Documentation
----------------------

[](#official-documentation)

Documentation for the equivalent methods on the `Arr` and `Str` classes can be found on the [Laravel website](https://laravel.com/docs/helpers).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for considering contributing to Helpers! The contribution guide can be found in the [Laravel documentation](https://laravel.com/docs/contributions).

Code of Conduct
---------------

[](#code-of-conduct)

In order to ensure that the Laravel community is welcoming to all, please review and abide by the [Code of Conduct](https://laravel.com/docs/contributions#code-of-conduct).

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](https://github.com/laravel/helpers/security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel Helpers is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

75

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity73

Solid adoption and visibility

Community48

Growing community involvement

Maturity74

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.9% 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 ~161 days

Recently: every ~104 days

Total

17

Last Release

62d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1.3

v1.4.0PHP ^7.1.3|^8.0

v1.7.0PHP ^7.2.0|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/463230?v=4)[Taylor Otwell](/maintainers/taylorotwell)[@taylorotwell](https://github.com/taylorotwell)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

helperslaravellaravelhelpers

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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