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piercemcgeough/phpquartiles
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PHP package for working out quartile values and placements based on a numeric array

v1.0.0(9y ago)3768MITPHPPHP ~5.6|~7.0

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phpquartiles
============

[](#phpquartiles)

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PHP package for working out quartile values and placements based on a numeric array.

phpquartiles will return the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quartiles. You can also then find the quartile placement of a given score.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

`$ composer require PierceMcGeough/phpquartiles`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$scoresArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15];
$quartiles = new PierceMcGeough\phpquartiles\Quartile();

```

### Quartile Commands

[](#quartile-commands)

```
$quartiles->getAllQuartiles();
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  [
 *      [q1] => 4
 *      [q2] => 8
 *      [q3] => 12
 *  ]
 */

$quartiles->getFirstQuartile();
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  4
 */

$quartiles->getMedianQuartile();
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  8
 */

$quartiles->getSecondQuartile();
/**
 *  alias of getMedianQuartile()
 *  returns
 *
 *  8
 */

$quartiles->getThirdQuartile();
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  12
 */

```

### Placement Commands

[](#placement-commands)

```
$quartiles->getPlacement(15);
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  HIGHEST_QUARTILE
 */

$quartiles->getPlacementInverse(15);
/**
 *  returns
 *
 *  LOWEST_QUARTILE
 */

```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Pierce McGeough](https://github.com/PierceMcGeough)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.7% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3395d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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