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masnun/phpman
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A command line tool for quickly navigating to php manual

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PHPMan
======

[](#phpman)

PHPMan is a simple command line tool that uses Google's "Feeling Lucky" feature to quickly take you to the most relevant page.

### Installation

[](#installation)

#### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

```
composer global require masnun/phpman:dev-master

```

#### Manual download

[](#manual-download)

- Download `phpman.phar`
- Make it executable - `chmod a+x phpman.phar`
- Run it - `./phpman.phar array shift` - it will take you to the most relevant page for "array shift" search
- Optionally, you can add the executable to your `$PATH` and rename it as `phpman`

### Building from Source

[](#building-from-source)

I used [pharmaker](https://github.com/masnun/pharmaker) to build out the Phar.

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/191543?v=4)[Abu Ashraf Masnun](/maintainers/masnun)[@masnun](https://github.com/masnun)

---

Top Contributors

[![masnun](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/191543?v=4)](https://github.com/masnun "masnun (7 commits)")

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