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noeldavies/cards
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A deck of standard cards to build any card game

v0.3(9y ago)1571MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Feb 2Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#Cards. Build a Card game in minutes.

A standard 52-card deck is provided by default, but one can customize to build any deck needed. Create Bridge, BlackJack, Pocker and more...

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Pull in the package through Composer.

Run `composer require noeldavies/cards`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To start using the deck...

```
$d = new Deck;

$d->shuffle();

//deal... an array of cards
$hand1 = $d->drawHand(10);
$hand2 = $d->drawHand(10);

//draw a single card
$card = deck->draw();

//do something with card
$value = $card->value();
$suit = $card->suit();

//special card?
if($card->isFaceCard()){...}

//cards left in the deck
$deck->count();
```

When the game is over, simply reset the deck by shuffle(ing). The deck now has all the cards (including drawn).

```
//start a new game...
$deck->shuffle();
```

To customise the deck of cards (i.e. which cards are part of the deck) one can implement the CardProvider interface

```
class MyGameDeckProvider implements CardProvider{

    public function getCards(){

        //return an array of card for MyGame
	}
}
//...
$deck = new Deck(new MyGameDeckProvider);
```

You may also want to look at:

- `Shuffleable` for shuffling the cards
- `CardProvider` for providig cards to the deck

**The current implementation doen't let putting cards back into the deck after drawing them. Shuffle resets the deck**

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~159 days

Total

3

Last Release

3477d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/572911?v=4)[Daniel](/maintainers/NoelDavies)[@NoelDavies](https://github.com/NoelDavies)

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Top Contributors

[![NoelDavies](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/572911?v=4)](https://github.com/NoelDavies "NoelDavies (6 commits)")

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Tags

Bridgecardsdeck of cards52-cards deckblackjackpocker

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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