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phpgames/hal-helper
===================

HAL 9000 Symfony Console Helper

v1.0.1(11y ago)5923MITPHP

Since Nov 22Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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HAL Helper
==========

[](#hal-helper)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9f825c58a61dbd9f59163157a7d77e76787f6d8197c7f36a91c6e58cafc387ed/68747470733a2f2f6170692e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f50485047616d65732f48414c48656c7065722e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/PHPGames/HALHelper)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6e0f7ccdafd14d35cfcef9c3100277a0e67fc1ea215d811d26912d777487569b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f70687067616d65732f68616c2d68656c7065722f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/phpgames/hal-helper)[![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fb67fd6727485e62ab9b7c370b001ca096ea700e13fad66ddc035e34b80170aa/68747470733a2f2f696e73696768742e73656e73696f6c6162732e636f6d2f70726f6a656374732f34623432373761382d333363342d343166332d613335342d3832356237366231333031612f6d696e692e706e67)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/4b4277a8-33c4-41f3-a354-825b76b1301a)

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

[](#installation)

### Step 1: Composer

[](#step-1-composer)

Add the following line to the `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "phpgames/hal-helper": "~1.0"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

By default, HAL logo will be shown centered on the screen and without text. To customice the output style please change the constructor parameters:

### Logo and text align center

[](#logo-and-text-align-center)

```
$hal = new HAL($output);
$hal->sayHello();
```

[![Logo and text align center](doc/images/logo_and_text_center.png)](doc/images/logo_and_text_center.png)

### Logo and text align left

[](#logo-and-text-align-left)

```
$hal = new HAL($output, true, false);
$hal->sayHello();
```

[![Logo and text align left](doc/images/logo_and_text_left.png)](doc/images/logo_and_text_left.png)

### Only logo align center

[](#only-logo-align-center)

```
$hal = new HAL($output, false);
$hal->sayHello();
```

[![Only logo align center](doc/images/logo_center.png)](doc/images/logo_center.png)

### Only logo align left

[](#only-logo-align-left)

```
$hal = new HAL($output, false, false);
$hal->sayHello();
```

[![Only logo align left](doc/images/logo_left.png)](doc/images/logo_left.png)

License
-------

[](#license)

Released under the MIT License attached with this code.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~15 days

Total

2

Last Release

4175d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/970b61b5e4f934a6333dc524649d81c26dce2735549872e01191ac16208b6107?d=identicon)[aferrandini](/maintainers/aferrandini)

---

Top Contributors

[![aferrandini](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/196210?v=4)](https://github.com/aferrandini "aferrandini (2 commits)")

---

Tags

consolesymfonyhelperhalhal9000space odysseyphpgames

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