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option/mac
==========

A class to contain a mac adress

0.6.0(1y ago)06LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Aug 17Pushed 12mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Value Object to represent a MAC address
=======================================

[](#value-object-to-represent-a-mac-address)

Read more about MAC adresses: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC\_address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address)

Supports a good number of input and output formats; hex strings, integer, bytes

Extracts various information about the mac adress:

- isUnicast()
- isMulticast()
- isUniversal()
- isLocal()

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.1

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

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require option/mac
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Option\Mac\Mac;

// Any format will do; only hex digits is considered
$mac = Mac::factory("1234.5678.90AB");

// Output in various formats:
echo $mac;             // 01:23:45:67:89:AB
echo $mac->asColon();  // 01:23:45:67:89:AB
echo $mac->asDot();    // 0123.4567.89AB
echo $mac->asIEE802(); // 01-23-45-67-89-AB
echo $mac->asDash();   // 01-23-45-67-89-AB

// Keep the OUI but zero out the NIC.
echo $mac->vendor();   // 01-23-45-00-00-00
```

Test
----

[](#test)

```
$ composer test
```

A coverage report is generated in coverage/index.html

License
-------

[](#license)

The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL-3.0-or-later). Please see [License File](COPYING) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance45

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

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 ~156 days

Total

4

Last Release

536d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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