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mpyw/privator
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Utils for testing private methods and properties on PHP 7.0+

v3.0.0(4y ago)34767MITPHPPHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

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[](#privator---)

Utils for testing private methods and properties.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP: `^7.0 || ^8.0`

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
composer require mpyw/privator --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See tests.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

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 ~970 days

Total

3

Last Release

1789d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02016-06-29

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02021-06-24

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

v3.0.0PHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1351893?v=4)[mpyw](/maintainers/mpyw)[@mpyw](https://github.com/mpyw)

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Top Contributors

[![mpyw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1351893?v=4)](https://github.com/mpyw "mpyw (43 commits)")

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Tags

phpprivatetesttestprivate

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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