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phpmath/bignumber
=================

A PHP library to work with big numbers.

1.2.0(9y ago)589.2k↓28.3%32MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Apr 18Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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bignumber
=========

[](#bignumber)

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A PHP library to work with big A PHP library to work with big numbers..

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

It's recommended to install this library via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

```
{
    "require": {
        "phpmath/bignumber": "^1.0"
    }
}
```

The current master branch is considered stable. The badges on top of this document should confirm this.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.2% 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 ~28 days

Total

3

Last Release

3625d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0ee7f711ef4d45ada0ac92c7ab2f548055a7cfbe718da6c4bbb81b2f6693c528?d=identicon)[waltertamboer](/maintainers/waltertamboer)

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Top Contributors

[![waltertamboer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/508054?v=4)](https://github.com/waltertamboer "waltertamboer (35 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

---

Tags

mathbignumber

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/phpmath-bignumber/health.svg)

```
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```

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