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phf/collection
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Collections utility class

v1.0.0(5y ago)0150MITPHPPHP >=7

Since May 5Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Collection
==========

[](#collection)

DRY helper for collections of validated elements.

With type hinted properties they can ensure type safety on collections without setters.

```
class Foo
{
    public StringCollection $bar;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->bar = new StringCollection();
    }
}

$foo = new Foo();
$foo->bar[] = 123; // throws InvalidArgumentException
```

Extend for own entities:

```
class BarEntity
{
    public string $baz;
}

class BarCollection extends \PhF\Collection\Collection
{
    protected static $invalidElementMessageAllowed = BarEntity::class;

    public function validate(
        $value
    ): bool {
        return $value instanceof BarEntity;
    }
}

class Foo
{
    public BarCollection $bar;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->bar = new BarCollection();
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

1839d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/14faf0e942f2e3361ad07e017bf356d02bb7b76ab47d66a0d52faf4c03e6faec?d=identicon)[ph.fritsche](/maintainers/ph.fritsche)

---

Top Contributors

[![ph-fritsche](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39068198?v=4)](https://github.com/ph-fritsche "ph-fritsche (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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