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php-standard-library/either-or-both
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Three-variant disjoint union type (Left/Right/Both) for values that may be present on either or both of two sides

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PHP Standard Library - EitherOrBoth
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Three-variant disjoint union type (Left/Right/Both) for values that may be present on either or both of two sides.

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###  Health Score

50

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

17d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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TestsPHPUnit

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