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nelson6e65/php-development
==========================

Global requirements to help in development and testing of PHP applications.

v0.2.0(9y ago)019MITPHP >=5.5.0

Since Apr 12Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-development
===============

[](#php-development)

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Global packages and CLI tools to be used in PHP development.

CLI Tools
---------

[](#cli-tools)

- [PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de/) (**`phpunit`**): The PHP Testing Framework.
- [ApiGen](http://www.apigen.org/) (**`apigen`**): Smart and Readable Documentation for your PHP project.
- [PHP CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) (**`phpcs`**, **`phpcbf`**): Tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.

### Installing

[](#installing)

> Note: The following instructions asumes that you have [`composer` installed globally](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally).

#### Global

[](#global)

This installs CLI tools in global PATH to be used directly:

```
composer global require nelson6e65/php-development
```

- `phpunit --version`
- `apigen --version`
- `phpcs --version`
- `phpcbf --version`

#### As development requirement

[](#as-development-requirement)

This installs CLI tools as dev requirements to be distributed with your package (see `composer install`):

```
composer require --dev nelson6e65/php-development
```

- `vendor/bin/phpunit --version`
- `vendor/bin/apigen --version`
- `vendor/bin/phpcs --version`
- `vendor/bin/phpcbf --version`

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

Every ~85 days

Total

2

Last Release

3639d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c9776e1f12a0fcbe56bbb60b71b15ac1d62917b0415bbd68415e73428202eb66?d=identicon)[nelson6e65](/maintainers/nelson6e65)

---

Top Contributors

[![nelson6e65](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9272498?v=4)](https://github.com/nelson6e65 "nelson6e65 (9 commits)")

---

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