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matthewbdaly/proper
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Proper string and collection implementation for PHP

0.0.12(6y ago)22141MITPHPCI failing

Since May 20Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Proper
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[](#proper)

Proper collections and strings for PHP

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/305acd8388b4f6c69bbf9f8507f92f59053c34bc5b7100a8ea50345a333329a3/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d6174746865776264616c792f70726f7065722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/matthewbdaly/proper)

This library consists of the following utilities:

- A collection class for working more easily with arrays
- An object-oriented string class

It's more of a learning experience than anything else right now, but it might be useful to someone...

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99% 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 ~47 days

Recently: every ~69 days

Total

12

Last Release

2397d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a596e5052494181ddc20aedefbebef191cc81008e320df098608c54a1dea7350?d=identicon)[matthewbdaly](/maintainers/matthewbdaly)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

collectionphp

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