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maike/iterable
==============

An abstract class that gives you the power of making your class iterable

1.1.0(5y ago)13301MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Sep 1Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

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Iterable\\Iterator
==================

[](#iterableiterator)

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In other languages, like Java, you can use Collections that allows only one type. In TypeScript, for example we can do the following:

```
public getItems(): Array
{
  return this.items;
}
```

Unfortunatelly, PHP doesn't have this kind of thing, that's why I created this abstract class

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

This package is installed via composer:

```
composer require maike/iterable
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In order to achieve a Collection that allows only one type in PHP, we have to create a class. In the following example, I'm creating a Collection Class extending the `Iterable\Iterator` abstract class

### Creating a Collection Class

[](#creating-a-collection-class)

```
use Iterable\Iterator;

class DateTimeCollection extends Iterator {
  public function __construct(\DateTime ...$items)
  {
    parent::__construct($items);
  }
}
```

With the above code we achieved two things:

1. We have a collection that only allows `DateTime` Objects.
2. We can iterate over our Collection as we do in an array. See the following example:

```
$datesCollection = new DateTimeCollection(
  new \DateTime,
  new \DateTime,
  new \DateTime,
);

foreach ($datesCollection as $key => $date) {
  // Do whatever you want
}
```

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

[](#contributing)

### Run build

[](#run-build)

```
make build
```

### Run tests

[](#run-tests)

```
make tests
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

2084d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31582481?v=4)[Maike Negreiros](/maintainers/maikenegreiros)[@maikenegreiros](https://github.com/maikenegreiros)

---

Top Contributors

[![maikenegreiros](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31582481?v=4)](https://github.com/maikenegreiros "maikenegreiros (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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