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mannion007/php-binary-search
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Based on the Work of Michael King, this package provides functionality to perform a binary search of an ordered array, providing greatly improved performance over PHP's own array\_search method.

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PHP Binary Search
=================

[](#php-binary-search)

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This is a composer package which wraps up the algorithm written by Michael King from ([mkwd.net](http://mkwd.net)). By performaing a binary search rather than a linear search, this package provides functionality to perform searches through ordered arrays with greatly imroved performance over PHP's [array\_search](http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-search.php)Installation
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[](#this-is-a-composer-package-which-wraps-up-the-algorithm-written-by-michael-king-from-mkwdnetby-performaing-a-binary-search-rather-than-a-linear-search-this-package-provides-functionality-to-perform-searches-through-ordered-arrays-with-greatly-imroved-performance-over-phps-array_searchinstallation)

To install, use Composer thusly:

```
composer require mannion007/php-binary-search

```

License
=======

[](#license)

This code falls under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~60 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

3677d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5822816?v=4)[James Mannion](/maintainers/mannion007)[@mannion007](https://github.com/mannion007)

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