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nigelhough/php-time-source
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A source of time in PHP

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PHP Time Source
===============

[](#php-time-source)

A library to abstract the source of time data within a PHP application.

An interface is provided that can be used in classes that depend on time.

### Use Cases

[](#use-cases)

A time source makes classes more testable by having a predictable and mockable time source.

In applications that use the time source consistently you can also do powerful things with mocking dates by setting a fixed date for integration or behavioural tests or even to run a dynamic version of your application to provide a consistent demo.

### Implementation

[](#implementation)

This library comes with two implementations

- System time, where the time source is the PHP system time.
- Fixed, where the class can be instantiated with a fixed time that will always be returned.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 25% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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

1536d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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