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mindplay/filereflection
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Complements the PHP reflection API with the missing ReflectionFile class

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mindplay/filereflection
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[](#mindplayfilereflection)

#### ⚠️ DEPRECATED ⚠️

[](#️-deprecated-️)

> Consider using [`Roave/BetterReflection`](https://github.com/Roave/BetterReflection) instead.

This library complements the PHP [reflection API](http://dk1.php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php) with the missing ReflectionFile class.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2d955fdd0f86a4c0efa1109d9f670b707549bff3ab1b7ab097f1dd1c3c9caf37/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d696e64706c61792d646b2f66696c657265666c656374696f6e2e706e67)](https://travis-ci.org/mindplay-dk/filereflection)

A few other libraries were available to do this already, but this one implements an important feature missing from other implementations I could find: resolution of local type-names according to the [name resolution rules](http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rules.php).

The interface is very simple:

```
ReflectionFile {

    public __construct( string $path )

    public string getPath ( void )
    public string getNamespaceName ( void )
    public string resolveName ( string $name )
    public ReflectionClass getClass ( string $name )
    public ReflectionClass[] getClasses ( void )

}

```

Usage of course is straight forward too:

```
use mindplay\filereflection\ReflectionFile;

$file = new ReflectionFile('/path/to/MyNamespace/MyClass.php');

var_dump($file->resolveName('MyOtherClass')); // => '\MyNamespace\MyOtherClass'

```

Note that this library currently omits reflection/enumeration of functions, constants, etc.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~111 days

Total

4

Last Release

3988d ago

### Community

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