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phine/path
==========

A PHP library for improving the use of file system paths.

1.1.0(12y ago)26348.8k↑114.1%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/box-project/box2-path/pulls)10MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

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Path
====

[](#path)

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This library provides a utility methods for file system paths.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Phine\Path\Path;

var_export(Path::canonical('/path/to/../canonicalize'));
// /path/canonicalize

var_export(Path::copy('/path/to/copy', '/path/to/copy/to'));
// 123 (number of files or empty directories copied)

var_export(Path::current());
// /home/user

var_export(Path::isAbsolute('/path/to/../test'));
// true

var_export(Path::isAbsolute('../test'));
// false

var_export(Path::isLocal('path/to/test'));
// true

var_export(Path::isLocal('\\windows\share'));
// false

var_export(Path::isLocal('http://example.com/'));
// false

var_export(Path::join(array('path', 'to', 'test'));
// path/to/test
// path\\to\\test

var_export(Path::remove('/path/to/recursively/remove'));
// 123 (number of paths removed)

var_export(Path::split('/path/to/test'));
// array('path', 'to', 'test')

var_export(Path::split('C:\\path\\to\\test'));
// array('C:', 'path', 'to', 'test')
```

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- PHP >= 5.3.3
- [Phine Exception](https://github.com/phine/lib-exception) >= 1.0

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

[](#installation)

Via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/):

```
$ composer require "phine/path=~1.0"

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

You can find the documentation in the [`docs/`](docs/) directory.

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is available under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~48 days

Total

2

Last Release

4598d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)[Kevin Herrera](/maintainers/kherge)[@kherge](https://github.com/kherge)

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Top Contributors

[![kherge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)](https://github.com/kherge "kherge (17 commits)")

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Tags

pathfilesystem

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