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lav45/watcher
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File change watcher

1.0.1(1y ago)0271MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Aug 27Pushed 5mo ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (3)Used By (0)

File Watcher
============

[](#file-watcher)

Watcher listens and calls event handlers that happen to your files.

Usage example
-------------

[](#usage-example)

```
use Lav45\Watcher\Event;
use Lav45\Watcher\Listener;
use Lav45\Watcher\Watcher;

$watcher = (new Watcher(new Listener()))
    ->on(IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO, static function(Event $event) {
        echo 'Create ' . $event->path . "\n";
    })
    ->on(IN_DELETE | IN_MOVED_FROM, static function(Event $event) {
        echo 'Delete ' . $event->path . "\n";
    })
    ->on(IN_MODIFY, static function(Event $event) {
        echo 'Update ' . $event->path . "\n";
    })
    ->withFilter(fn(Event $event): bool => \str_ends_with($event->path, '.json'))
    ->watchDirs([__DIR__]);

while (true) {
    $watcher->read();
    sleep(1);
}
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/app composer install --ignore-platform-req=ext-inotify
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/app composer test
```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~263 days

Total

2

Last Release

365d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/675367?v=4)[Alex](/maintainers/LAV45)[@lav45](https://github.com/lav45)

---

Top Contributors

[![lav45](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/675367?v=4)](https://github.com/lav45 "lav45 (7 commits)")

---

Tags

phpfilewatcherchange

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