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norse-blue/handy-properties
===========================

PHP Handy Properties is a PHP library that scaffolds the use of properties through accessors and mutators.

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PHP Handy Properties
====================

[](#php-handy-properties)

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---

**PHP Handy Properties** is a PHP library that scaffolds the use of properties through accessors and mutators.

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

[](#installation)

> Requirements:
>
> - [PHP 8.0+](https://php.net/releases)

Install this package using Composer:

```
composer require norse-blue/handy-properties
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To get more in-depth knowledge about this package, please refer to the [Official Documentation](https://norse-blue.github.io/php-handy-properties/).

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) file for more information about what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions to this project are accepted and encouraged. Please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for details on contributions.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Axel Pardemann](https://github.com/axelitus)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

Security
--------

[](#security)

Please review our [security policy](https://github.com/norse-blue/php-handy-properties/security/policy) to know how to report security vulnerabilities within this package.

Support the development
-----------------------

[](#support-the-development)

**Do you like this project? Support it by donating**

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License
-------

[](#license)

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT](LICENSE.md) license.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.2% 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 ~127 days

Recently: every ~53 days

Total

7

Last Release

1712d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-05-07

2.2.0 → 3.0.02021-09-02

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.3

2.0.0PHP ^7.4

2.1.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![axelitus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/732441?v=4)](https://github.com/axelitus "axelitus (55 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

---

Tags

propertieshandyaccessorsmutators

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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