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phf/varinfo
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Description of variables e.g. for exception messages

v1.0.0(5y ago)01771MITPHPPHP >=7

Since May 5Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Varinfo
=======

[](#varinfo)

DRY helper for describing variables

```
if (!\is_numeric($foo)) {
    throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf(
        'Expected numeric - %s given',
        new PhF\Varinfo\Varinfo($foo)
    ));
}
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

1838d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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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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