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petrknap/shorts
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Set of short PHP helpers

v3.3.0(4mo ago)0104.8k↓36.4%17LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHP >=8.1

Since Nov 4Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (5)Versions (17)Used By (17)

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###  Health Score

48

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

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 ~52 days

Recently: every ~106 days

Total

16

Last Release

136d ago

Major Versions

v1.6.0 → v2.0.02024-04-17

v2.1.1 → v3.0.02024-11-02

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.0

v3.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

phpunithelperarraymarkdown

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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