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php-ion/ionizer
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Ionize your PHP code! PHP wrapper for php-ion extension

1.0.5(8y ago)131MITPHPPHP >=7.0

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PHP ION wrapper
===============

[](#php-ion-wrapper)

Ionize your PHP code!

TL;DR
=====

[](#tldr)

This library automatically configure and setup the [php ion](https://github.com/php-ion/php-ion) extension. Using command line you may start scripts with [php ion](https://github.com/php-ion/php-ion) extension without installation of package in system. Also ionizer allows maintain php-ion versions and configurations.

Install
=======

[](#install)

`composer global require php-ion/ionizer`

Basic Usage
===========

[](#basic-usage)

- `ion run ` — parse and execute the specified file, like `php `
- `ion eval ` — evaluate a string as PHP code, like `php -r `
- `ion info` — show summary info
- `ion versions`, `ion versions all` - show available versions
- `ion version ` - switch to specific version
- and more, see `ion help`

Advanced usage
==============

[](#advanced-usage)

Build extension:

- `ion build` build extension
    - `ion build .`, `ion build /tmp/php-ion-src/`
    - `ion build master`, `ion build 0.8.3`, `ion build 33b1e417`
- `ion test` test extension
    - `ion test` test the current extension
    - `ion test .`, `ion test /tmp/php-ion-src/`
    - `ion test master`, `ion test 0.8.3`, `ion test 33b1e417`
- `ion clean` clean after build

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~1 days

Total

3

Last Release

3157d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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