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PHPFluent\\Filter
=================

[](#phpfluentfilter)

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Provider a better API to handle Zend filters.

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

[](#installation)

Package is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpfluent/filter), you can install it using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
composer require phpfluent/filter
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The static API was inspired on [Respect\\Validation](https://github.com/Respect/Validation).

### Namespace Import

[](#namespace-import)

*PHPFluent\\Filter* is namespaced, but you can make your life easier by importing a single class into your context:

```
use PHPFluent\Filter\Builder as f;
```

### Calling a filter

[](#calling-a-filter)

```
f::stringToUpper()->filter('phpfluent'); // returns: 'PHPFLUENT'
```

### Calling multiple filters

[](#calling-multiple-filters)

```
f::stringToUpper()
 ->stringTrim()
 ->filter('filter    '); // returns 'FILTER'
```

### Calling native PHP functions

[](#calling-native-php-functions)

```
f::json_encode(JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)
 ->filter(array('key' => 'value')); // returns: '{"key": "value"}'
```

### Non-static API

[](#non-static-api)

You also can simply create an instance of `PHPFluent\Filter\Builder`.

```
$builder = new PHPFluent\Filter\Builder();
$builder->ucfirst();
$builder->str_pad(10, '-');
$builder->filter('filter'); // returns: 'Filter----'
```

### Calling Builder class

[](#calling-builder-class)

`PHPFluent\Filter\Builder` implements `__invoke()` method, so you can do like:

```
$builder('filter'); // returns: 'Filter----'
```

### Custom filters

[](#custom-filters)

You can use your own Zend filters.

```
f::myFilter();
```

For that purpose we provide a way to add your own namespaces/prefixes:

```
f::getDefaultFactory()->appendPrefix('My\\Filter\\Prefix');
```

So, in the example above `v::myFilter()` will call `My\Filter\PrefixMyFilter`.

You can implement your own filter.

```
use PHPFluent\Filter\FilterInterface;

class UrlFilter implements FilterInterface
{
    public function filter($value)
    {
        return filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
    }
}
```

### Filter factory

[](#filter-factory)

To create the filters by its name we use our Factory; there are two ways to change the Factory to be used.

#### Static calls

[](#static-calls)

```
$factory = new PHPFluent\Filter\Factory();
$factory->prependPrefix('My\\Zend\\Filters\\');

PHPFluent\Filter\Builder::setDefaultFactory($factory);
```

In the example above the defined factory will be used for all static calls.

#### Non-static calls

[](#non-static-calls)

```
$factory = new PHPFluent\Filter\Factory();
$factory->prependPrefix('My\\Zend\\Filters\\');

$builder = new PHPFluent\Filter\Builder($factory);
```

In the example above the defined factory will be used only for the `$builder` instance variable.

As you could note, the factory instance if optional, so, when you did defined a factory for the builder object it will use the default one, defined on `getDefaultFactory()`.

### PHPFluent filters

[](#phpfluent-filters)

#### key()

[](#key)

Allows to perform filters over an array key.

```
f::key('foo', f::boolean())
    ->filter(array('foo' => 1, 'baz' => 'Whatever')); // array('foo' => true)
```

If you're looking for something more specific you should take a look on [Zend\\InputFilter](http://framework.zend.com/manual/current/en/modules/zend.input-filter.intro.html).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~172 days

Total

3

Last Release

4051d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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