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mpscholten/value-or-default
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Simple default values for your code

1.0.0(10y ago)029[1 issues](https://github.com/mpscholten/value-or-default/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4

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ValueOrDefault
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[](#valueordefault)

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Simple default values for your php code.

### Get started

[](#get-started)

Install via composer

```
composer install mpscholten/value-or-default

```

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

```
// Env variables
$tempDir = \MPScholten\valueOrDefault($_ENV['TEMP_DIR'], '/tmp');
// $tempDir is now either $_ENV['TEMP_DIR'] or '/tmp' dependending on whether $_ENV['TEMP_DIR'] is set

// JSON input
$user = json_decode(...);
$userName = \MPScholten\valueOrDefault($user['name'], 'n/a');
// $userName is now either $user['name'] or 'n/a' depending on whether $user['name'] is set and non-null

// Null values
$value = null;
\MPScholten\valueOrDefault($value, 0); // returns 0 because $value == null
```

### Tests

[](#tests)

You can run the `phpunit` suite with `make`

```
make tests

```

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

Feel free to send pull requests!

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3869d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/00ab5df48f62845d1e549e99c62eff4379d692bf8721f98dd4ee00275723692a?d=identicon)[mpscholten](/maintainers/mpscholten)

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Top Contributors

[![mpscholten](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2072185?v=4)](https://github.com/mpscholten "mpscholten (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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