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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. niels-nijens/utilities ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) niels-nijens/utilities ====================== Utility classes 3.3.1(10y ago)022.7k↓85%[1 issues](https://github.com/niels-nijens/Utilities/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Sep 16Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/niels-nijens/Utilities)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/niels-nijens/utilities)[ Docs](https://github.com/niels-nijens/Utilities)[ RSS](/packages/niels-nijens-utilities/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (11)Used By (2) Utilities ========= [](#utilities) Utility classes for PHP5.4+ [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a9e1609ce6a17595db0351d232b1b24218b26ff52f2dca4883cded1e91ed7e9e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6e69656c732d6e696a656e732f5574696c69746965732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/niels-nijens/Utilities)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/02e1144533310688875f80430965458c68edd518e69a749f70eafe91d0bfab08/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6e69656c732d6e696a656e732f5574696c69746965732f62616467652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/r/niels-nijens/Utilities?branch=master)[![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f9188e0e947c27127890d2331223f3131e13389ed7224b75871966b510c498b5/68747470733a2f2f696e73696768742e73656e73696f6c6162732e636f6d2f70726f6a656374732f62306434393838362d663465382d343530382d623235612d3063616465663335336362392f6d696e692e706e67)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/b0d49886-f4e8-4508-b25a-0cadef353cb9)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c7056dba0794e09c0207d22b777e94ff66d1b201de99b6b0197a8ad728e9a423/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6e69656c732d6e696a656e732f7574696c69746965732f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/niels-nijens/utilities) Installation using Composer --------------------------- [](#installation-using-composer) Run the following command to add the package to your composer.json: ``` composer require niels-nijens/utilities ``` About ----- [](#about) This is one of the AtomicPHP library series trying to achieve ultimate flexibility for PHP developers through [separation of concerns](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns). ##### Versioning [](#versioning) Utilities uses [Semantic Versioning 2](http://semver.org/) as guideline for new versions. ##### License [](#license) Utilities is licensed under the MIT License - see the `LICENSE` file for details. ##### Author [](#author) Niels Nijens - ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 75% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity25 Limited adoption so far Community13 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity64 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.5% 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 ~97 days Recently: every ~84 days Total 10 Last Release 3787d ago Major Versions 1.0.0 → 2.0.02014-01-29 2.0.0 → 3.0.02015-01-10 PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3 3.0.0PHP >=5.4.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3245362?v=4)[Niels Nijens](/maintainers/niels-nijens)[@niels-nijens](https://github.com/niels-nijens) --- Top Contributors [![niels-nijens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3245362?v=4)](https://github.com/niels-nijens "niels-nijens (66 commits)")[![RonRademaker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2697738?v=4)](https://github.com/RonRademaker "RonRademaker (1 commits)") --- Tags utilities ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/niels-nijens-utilities/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/niels-nijens-utilities/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/niels-nijens-utilities) ``` ### Alternatives [vaimo/composer-patches Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. 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