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mleczek/enum
============

Enums in PHP

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PHP Enum
========

[](#php-enum)

This package was created to provide simple way to create typed enums in PHP with IDE autocompletion.

The package is an alternative for `SplEnum` extension (PHP < 8.1) or [native enum](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations) (PHP 8.1+). Why `mleczek/enum` over `SplEnum`? Much easier to install. Why `mleczek/enum` over native enum? Additional name/description field over traiditional key-value pair.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require mleczek/enum

```

Strict type
-----------

[](#strict-type)

Properties, parameters and return types... strict type is everywhere.

```
function printStatus(StatusEnum $status) {
    echo $status->getDisplayName();
}

printStatus(StatusEnum::active()); // Active
printStatus(MyEnum::all()[0]); // PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to printStatus() must be an instance of StatusEnum, instance of MyEnum given
```

Accessing
---------

[](#accessing)

One enum value or all available values? Not a problem.

```
StatusEnum::active(); // StatusEnum
StatusEnum::inactive(); // StatusEnum
StatusEnum::all(); // StatusEnum[]
```

The `all()` method returns enums that are sorted by value (case-insensitive for strings).

Comparing
---------

[](#comparing)

The same enum instance is always returned, don't worry while using [*identical*](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php) comparision.

```
StatusEnum::active() === StatusEnum::active(); // true
StatusEnum::active() === StatusEnum::inactive(); // false
```

Serializing
-----------

[](#serializing)

Serialize...

```
$value = $enum->getValue();
```

Deserializing
-------------

[](#deserializing)

...and deserialize.

```
StatusEnum::parse($value); // StatusEnum
StatusEnum::parseOrDefault($value, StatusEnum::inactive()); // StatusEnum
```

**Note:** Implementation accept any type as enum value and use [*identical*](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php) comparision. For complex types (which are not recommended) manually [`serialize`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php) and [`unserialize`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php) values.

Creating
--------

[](#creating)

Make class which extends `Mleczek\Enum\Enum` and define some static methods. That's all.

```
use Mleczek\Enum\Enum;

final class StatusEnum extends Enum
{
    public static function active(): self
    {
        return self::make('A', 'Active');
    }

    public static function inactive(): self
    {
        return self::make('I', 'Inactive');
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~152 days

Total

3

Last Release

1839d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ~7.4

v1.1.0PHP ~7.4 || ~8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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