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michaelm/array\_helpers
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Array helpers functions based on laravel array helper functions.

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BASIC ARRAY HELPERS BASED ON LARAVEL
====================================

[](#basic-array-helpers-based-on-laravel)

This is just a few basic array helper functions based on the laravel array helper functions.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install via [composer](https://packagist.org/packages/michaelm/array_helpers):

1. composer require `michaelm/array_helpers`
2. Run `composer install` and do a `composer dumpautoload -o` to optimise the autoloader.

Usages
------

[](#usages)

###### Get, Has, Only, Forget

[](#get-has-only-forget)

```
$user = [
    "name" => "Mike",
    "topics" => [
        "city" => "Pretoria",
        "title" => "Winning"
    ],
    "country" => [
        ["name" => "UK"],
        ["name" => "USA"],
    ]
];

echo array_get($user, 'topics.city', 'Default value');

var_dump(array_has($user, ['name', 'country.0.name']));

$result = array_only($user, ['country', 'topics']);
echo '',print_r($result,true),'';

array_forget($user, 'name');
//array_forget($user, ['name', 'topics', 'country.0']);

echo '',print_r($user,true),'';
```

###### First, Where, Last

[](#first-where-last)

```
$users = [
   ["name" => "Mike", "score" => 100],
   ["name" => "Tim", "score" => 110],
   ["name" => "Ralf", "score" => 120],
];

$user = array_last($users, function ($value, $key) {
    return array_get($value, 'score') < 110;
});

echo '',print_r($user,true),'';

$user = array_first($users, function ($value, $key){

    return array_get($value, 'score') > 110 ;

}, 'default value');

var_dump($user);

$result = array_where($users, function ($value, $key) {

    return array_get($value, 'score') > 100;
});

var_dump($result);
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

[CodeCourse](https://codecourse.com/) released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

19

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LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

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.

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