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misantron/php-utils
===================

A collection of PHP utility classes.

2.0.0(11y ago)112MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Feb 25Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP utils
=========

[](#php-utils)

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Contains Array, String and Time helper utilities.
- Base encoding - UTF-8
- PSR-4 auto loading standard compatible.

Server requirements
-------------------

[](#server-requirements)

- PHP version >= 5.4.
- MBString PHP extension.
- OpenSSL PHP extension.

External dependencies
---------------------

[](#external-dependencies)

- [Slugify](https://github.com/cocur/slugify) library

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

The preferred way to install is through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org). Run this command to install the latest stable version:

```
$ composer require misantron/php-utils
```

or add

```
"misantron/php-utils": "dev-master"
```

to the require section of your composer.json.

Basic usage examples
--------------------

[](#basic-usage-examples)

```
use Utility\UArray;
use Utility\UString;
use Utility\UTime;

$array = [
    ['name' => 'Alex', 'age' => 25],
    ['name' => 'Sara', 'age' => 21],
    ['name' => 'John', 'age' => 28]
];
$string = '..C’est du français !';
$date1 = new \DateTime('2015-02-26 13:05');
$date2 = new \DateTime('2015-02-26 22:16');

$result1 = UArray::extractColumn($array, 'age');
$result2 = UString::slug($string);
$result3 = UTime::secondsDiff($date1, $date2);

var_dump($result1, $result2, $result3);

[25, 21, 28];
'c-est-du-francais';
33060;
```

###  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 ~23 days

Total

6

Last Release

4027d ago

Major Versions

v0.9.0 → 1.0.02015-03-02

1.2.0 → 2.0.02015-06-24

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.9.0PHP >=5.3.3

2.0.0PHP >=5.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9839955?v=4)[Aleksandr Ivanov](/maintainers/misantron)[@misantron](https://github.com/misantron)

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Top Contributors

[![misantron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9839955?v=4)](https://github.com/misantron "misantron (71 commits)")

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Tags

phparraystringdatetimeutilities

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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