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minionfactory/common-helpers
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Contains a few common helpers used in many projects.

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Common Helpers
==============

[](#common-helpers)

A collection of things that go in the helpers file for various projects.

- gen\_uuid = Generates a unique ID in the format of: c2ce3a4d-e729-4d76-8af3-95a982fa5f62
- showMoney = Does the same as asMoney, but has more configuration options and also shows the currency symbol.
- asMoney = Converts a value to a double with two decimal points and no thousands separator.
- dot\_explode($array) = convert a dot based flat array to a multidimensional array.

Release Notes
-------------

[](#release-notes)

###### v1.2.0

[](#v120)

- Reverted - asMoney no longer using bcdiv. Reverted back to number\_format.

###### v1.1.2

[](#v112)

- Fixed - thousands separator threw errors too.

###### v1.1.1

[](#v111)

- Fixed - bcdiv function argument not well formed bug.

###### v1.1.0

[](#v110)

- New - Added PHP extension bcmath as required
- Updated - composer library updates

###### v1.0.2

[](#v102)

- Updated - Put the negative symbol first

###### v1.0.1

[](#v101)

- New - Added License

###### v1.0.0

[](#v100)

- Initial Commit

###  Health Score

36

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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###  Release Activity

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Every ~301 days

Recently: every ~414 days

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7

Last Release

942d ago

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### Community

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