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lyhty/support
=============

Adds some very convenient helpers to your Laravel project

v4.1.0(2w ago)07.5k↑21.9%1MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Jul 16Pushed 2w agoCompare

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This package provides some additional, convenient helpers for you to use in your Laravel project.

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

[](#installation)

Install the package with Composer:

```
composer require lyhty/support

```

Features
--------

[](#features)

### Helpers

[](#helpers)

- `class_has_attribute(object|string $class, string $attribute): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class has given attribute.
- `class_uses_trait(object|string $class, string $trait, bool $recursive = true): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class uses given trait.
- `array_depth(array $array): int`
    - Return integer describing the max depth of the given array.
- `class_implements_interface(object|string $class, string $interface): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class implements given interface.
- `class_extends(object|string $class, string $parent): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class extends given parent class.
- `set_type(mixed $value, string $type): mixed`
    - Alias for 'settype' which allows non-variables as arguments.
- `trim_spaces(string $string): string`
    - Trim spaces from string.
- `not_null(mixed $var): bool`
    - !is\_null
- `get_bool(mixed $value): bool`
    - Get boolean value from given value. Accepts string true/false.
- `class_namespace(string $className): string`
    - Get namespace of given class.
- `___(array $keys, array $replace = [], array $numbers = [], string $locale = null, string $glue = ' '): string`
    - Translate given messages and glue them together.

### Discovery class

[](#discovery-class)

This is pretty much copied from `Illuminate\Foundation\Events\DiscoverEvents` from, just made more generic.

**Examples**

```
use Lyhty\Support\Discovery;

$all = Discovery::within('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost", "App\Models\Concerns\Taggable", "App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter"]

$classes = Discovery::classesWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost"]

$traits = Discovery::traitsWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\Concerns\Taggable"]

$interfaces = Discovery::interfacesWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter"]

$usingClasses = Discovery::usesWithin('app\Models', 'App\Models\Concerns\Taggable')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\BlogPost"]

$implementingClasses = Discovery::implementsWithin('app\Models', 'App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User"]

$extendingClasses = Discovery::extendsWithin('app\Models', 'Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost"]
```

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~143 days

Recently: every ~105 days

Total

11

Last Release

17d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02022-08-13

v2.2.0 → v3.0.02025-04-22

v3.0.1 → v4.0.02026-06-12

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1.3

v2.0.0PHP ^7.4 | ^8.0

v2.2.0PHP ^7.4 | ^8.0 | ^8.2

v3.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd5d6f2caaea83278fd1552c5bdc1b30b4164890ba0801a718dc20efa93738c?d=identicon)[TruecapeDev](/maintainers/TruecapeDev)

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Top Contributors

[![sirmathays](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37704147?v=4)](https://github.com/sirmathays "sirmathays (24 commits)")

---

Tags

helperslaravellaravelhelperssupport

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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![Health badge](/badges/lyhty-support/health.svg)

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