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lark/entity
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Lark Entity

1.0.1(3y ago)1115MITPHP

Since May 19Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Lark Entity
===========

[](#lark-entity)

The Entity class is used to simplify creating data classes, creating class properties from an array and creating an array from class properties.

Install using Composer:

```
composer require lark/entity

```

Example:

```
use Lark\Entity;

// class must be subclass of Entity
class Location extends Entity
{
    public string $address;
    public string $city;
}

class User extends Entity
{
    // properties must be public and typed
    // union types are not supported
    public string $name;
    public int $age;
    public bool $isActive = false; // default values
    public Location $location; // deep nested classes supported
}

// populate from array
$user = new User([
    'name' => 'Bob',
    'age' => 25,
    'location' => [
        'address' => '101 main',
        'city' => 'Tampa'
    ]
]);
// or use: $user->fromArray([...])

echo $user->name; // Bob
echo $user->location->address; // 101 main

// get as array
$userArr = $user->toArray(); // [name => Bob, ...]
```

View the `tests/entity.php` file for more examples.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

1095d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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