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lkt/tools
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LKT PHP Tools

2.0.6(6mo ago)03968MITPHPPHP >=8.1.0

Since Feb 22Pushed 6mo ago1 watchersCompare

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LKT Tools
=========

[](#lkt-tools)

Array tools
-----------

[](#array-tools)

### arrayAverage

[](#arrayaverage)

Returns the AVG value from a numeric array

ArgTypeDescription$arraynumber\[\]Input numbers#### Usage

[](#usage)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayAverage([5, 5]); // Will return 5
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayAverage([7, 3]); // Will return 5
```

### arrayPushUnique

[](#arraypushunique)

Push an item to an array if not exists yet

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array$datumanyAny datum to be added#### Usage

[](#usage-1)

```
$array = [1, 3];
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayPushUnique($array, 2); // Array content: [1, 3, 2]
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayPushUnique($array, 3); // Array content: [1, 3, 2]
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayPushUnique($array, 4); // Array content: [1, 3, 2, 4]
```

### arrayKeyPushUnique

[](#arraykeypushunique)

Adds a key to an array only if not defined yet

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array$keystringArray key$datumanyAny datum to be added#### Usage

[](#usage-2)

```
$array = ['one' => 1, 'three' => 3];
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayKeyPushUnique($array, 'two', 2); // Array content: ['one' => 1, 'three' => 3, 'two' => 2]
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayKeyPushUnique($array, 'three', 6); // Array content: ['one' => 1, 'three' => 3, 'two' => 2]
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayKeyPushUnique($array, 'four', 4); // Array content: ['one' => 1, 'three' => 3, 'two' => 2, 'four' => 4]
```

### arrayRemoveDatum

[](#arrayremovedatum)

Finds data in an array and removes it.

If it's a numeric indexed array, it will reset indexes

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array$datumanyAny datum to be removed#### Usage

[](#usage-3)

```
$array = ['one' => 1, 'three' => 3];
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayRemoveDatum($array, 1); // Array content: ['three' => 3]
```

### arrayValuesRecursive

[](#arrayvaluesrecursive)

Converts input array and array properties to one single array with all properties inside

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-4)

```
$array = ['test' => 'Test', 'test2'=> ['a' => 'A', 'b' => 'B']];
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayValuesRecursive($array, 1); // Array content: ['Test', 'A', 'B']
```

### arrayValuesRecursiveWithKeys

[](#arrayvaluesrecursivewithkeys)

Same as `arrayValuesRecursive` but keeping a key structure

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-5)

```
$array = ['test' => 'Test', 'test2'=> ['a' => 'A', 'b' => 'B']];
\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\arrayValuesRecursiveWithKeys($array, 1); // Array content: ['test' => 'Test', 'test2.a' => 'A', 'test2.b' => 'B']
```

### compareArrays

[](#comparearrays)

Compares two arrays and determine which keys were added and/or removed

ArgTypeDescription$array1any\[\]Array$array2any\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-6)

```
$arr1 = [1, 2, 3];
$arr2 = [1, 2, 4];

\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\compareArrays($arr1, $arr2); // Result: ['added' => [4], 'deleted' => [3]]
```

### getArrayFirstPosition

[](#getarrayfirstposition)

Returns the first element in an array no matter if it has numeric or string indexes

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-7)

```
$array = [1, 2, 3];

\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\getArrayFirstPosition($array); // Result: 1
```

### implodeWithAND

[](#implodewithand)

Implodes array elements with `AND` string

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-8)

```
$array = [1, 2, 3];

\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\implodeWithAND($array); // Result: '1 AND 2 AND 3'
```

### implodeWithOR

[](#implodewithor)

Implodes array elements with `OR` string

ArgTypeDescription$arrayany\[\]Array#### Usage

[](#usage-9)

```
$array = [1, 2, 3];

\Lkt\Tools\Arrays\implodeWithOR($array); // Result: '1 OR 2 OR 3'
```

Color
-----

[](#color)

### decToHex

[](#dectohex)

Converts a rgb color into hexadecimal string

ArgTypeDescription$color\[int, int int\]A 3 values array containing (red, green, blue) values#### Usage

[](#usage-10)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Color\decToHex([255, 255, 255]); // Result: #ffffff
\Lkt\Tools\Color\decToHex([255, 255, 0]); // Result: #ffff00
```

### hexToDec

[](#hextodec)

Converts a hexadecimal color into rgb array

ArgTypeDescription$colorstringA valid hexadecimal string color#### Usage

[](#usage-11)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Color\hexToDec('#ffffff'); // Result: [255, 255, 255]
\Lkt\Tools\Color\hexToDec('#ffff00'); // Result: [255, 255, 0]
```

Pagination
----------

[](#pagination)

### getTotalPages

[](#gettotalpages)

Calculate the max number of pages

ArgTypeDescription$amountOfItemsintAmount of elements to paginate$itemsPerPageintMax elements shown per page#### Usage

[](#usage-12)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Pagination\getTotalPages(9, 5); // Result: 2
\Lkt\Tools\Pagination\getTotalPages(11, 5); // Result: 3
```

Parse
-----

[](#parse)

### clearInput

[](#clearinput)

Sanitizes an input string

ArgTypeDescription$valuestringDatum#### Usage

[](#usage-13)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Parse\clearInput('   \Hello world'); // Result: 'Hello world'
```

### removeDuplicatedWitheSpices

[](#removeduplicatedwithespices)

Removes all duplicated withe spaces and replace it with a single space

ArgTypeDescription$valuestringDatum#### Usage

[](#usage-14)

```
\Lkt\Tools\Parse\removeDuplicatedWitheSpices('Hello     world'); // Result: 'Hello world'
```

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance66

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~94 days

Recently: every ~33 days

Total

20

Last Release

207d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.x-dev → 2.0.02022-12-22

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

2.0.0PHP >=8.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/456537?v=4)[Gediminas Aleknavičius](/maintainers/lkt)[@lkt](https://github.com/lkt)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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