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mckayb/phantasy-php
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Curried version of all PHP functions

v1.0.0(7y ago)115MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

Since Aug 4Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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[](#phantasy-php-)

Curried versions of common PHP functions.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Installation

[](#installation)

`composer require mckayb/phantasy-php`

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
use function Phantasy\PHP\{explode, implode};

$explodeBySpace = explode(' ');
$arr = $explodeBySpace('foo bar');
// ['foo', 'bar']

$implodeWithCommas = implode('-');
$implodeWithCommas($arr);
// 'foo,bar'
```

For more information, read the [docs!](https://github.com/mckayb/phantasy-php/tree/master/docs)

### What's Included

[](#whats-included)

I'm slowly working my way up to all of the PHP functions, but I should have most of the ones that people use in their everyday code covered. If I'm missing one that you need, let me know by opening up an issue or a pull request.

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

Find a bug? Want to make any additions? Just create an issue or open up a pull request.

### Inspiration

[](#inspiration)

- [LambdaJS](https://github.com/loop-recur/lambdajs)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~114 days

Recently: every ~142 days

Total

6

Last Release

2675d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.1 → v1.0.02019-02-24

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.0.0

v1.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1355708?v=4)[McKay Broderick](/maintainers/mckayb)[@mckayb](https://github.com/mckayb)

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Top Contributors

[![mckayb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1355708?v=4)](https://github.com/mckayb "mckayb (41 commits)")

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Tags

functionalphantasyphantasy-phpphp

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