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phpactor/class-mover
====================

Library for moving classes

0.2.0(4y ago)448.7k↑80%2[2 PRs](https://github.com/phpactor/class-mover/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

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Class Mover
===========

[](#class-mover)

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This is a library dedicated to refactoring class locations.

It takes care of:

- **Finding references to a class**: Find all references to a class (or classes).
- **Finding references to class methods**: Find references to a class method, or all method calls on a class, or all method calls ever.
- **Replacing references to the class**: Update any references in the code (using a given method, e.g. all under a path or all files in the git repo).
- **Modifying use statements**: update any use statements for the replaced class.
- **Adding use cases**: where necessary.

Why?
----

[](#why)

When using an editor such as VIM, one of the biggest issues I face is moving classes and replacing their references - it is such a big issue for me that I rarely do it.

Current approaches involve git moving the class, then running a for loop in bash over a set of files and applying perl replace to them, piping the output of that to a temporary file and then moving that temporary file to overwrite the old one. And that doesn't always work well.

This package aims to provide a solid way of doing this, and can, for example, be packaged in an

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$targetClass = 'Acme\Blog\Post';
$replacementClass = 'Acme\Blog\Article';
$sourceCode = file_get_contents('SomeSource.php');

$classMover = new ClassMover();

$source = $classMover->replaceReferences(
    $classMover->findReferences($sourceCode, $targetClass)
    $replacementClass
);

echo (string) $source;
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

This package is open source and welcomes contributions! Feel free to open a pull request on this repository.

Support
-------

[](#support)

- Create an issue on the main [Phpactor](https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor) repository.
- Join the `#phpactor` channel on the Slack [Symfony Devs](https://symfony.com/slack-invite) channel.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.4% 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 ~206 days

Recently: every ~214 days

Total

6

Last Release

1602d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

0.1.4PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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