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midorikocak/game-of-life
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A simple standalone OOP, Connway's gameoflife implementation with PHP

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game-of-life
============

[](#game-of-life)

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Connway's game of life implementeation using PHP some of best practices

[![Screenshot](screenshot.png)](screenshot.png)

Structure
---------

[](#structure)

```
data/
src/
tests/
vendor/

```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Go to downloaded directory and use command

```
$ composer install
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using a file:

```
$ php life.php -v -f data/glider_gun.xml
```

Getting help:

```
$ php life.php -h

Connway's Game of Life by Midori Kocak

Usage: life.php [-f filename, --filename filename] [-h, --help] [-i iterations, --iterations iterations] [-o outputFilename, --outputFilename outputFilename (default: out.xml)] [-r, --random] [-s size, --size size] [-sp species, --species species] [-v, --verbose]

Optional Arguments:
	-r, --random
		Create Game of life from random matrix
	-i iterations, --iterations iterations
		Number of iterations
	-s size, --size size
		Square size of the world
	-sp species, --species species
		Amount of species
	-f filename, --filename filename
		File Name of XML input
	-o outputFilename, --outputFilename outputFilename (default: out.xml)
		File Name of XML output
	-v, --verbose
		Verbose output, shows GameOfLife in CLI
	-h, --help
		Prints a usage statement
```

Using a random array generated using size:

```
$ php life.php -r -s 40 -i 1024 -sp 1 -v
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Midori Kocak](https://github.com/midorikocak)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.7% 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

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Top Contributors

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