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pklink/dotor
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Easy access to array values using dot notation. Useful for handling configurations or something like that

2.0.0(10y ago)3738BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.6.0

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[](#dotor--)

Dotor is a library for PHP 5.6 and higher to access an array by using dot notification. This can be useful for handling array configurations or something like that

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

[](#installation)

Install Dotor with [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/)

Create or update your `composer.json`

```
{
    "require": {
        "pklink/dotor": "2.*"
    }
}
```

And run Composer

```
php composer.phar install
```

Finally include Composers autoloader

```
include __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using `Dotor is very simple. Create an instance with your (configurarion) array...

```
// config-sample.php
return [
    'name' => 'sample configuration',
    'database' => [
        'server'   => 'localhost',
        'username' => 'root',
        'password' => 'password',
        'database' => 'blah',
        'type'     => 'sqlite'
    ],
    'object' => new stdClass(),
    'false'      => false,
    'true'       => true,
    'zeroString' => '0',
    'zeroInt'    => 0,
    'oneString'  => '1',
    'oneInt'     => 1,
    'twoString'  => '2',
];
```

```
$loader = ArrayLoader::createFromFile('./config-sample.php');
$config = new Dotor($loader);
```

... and get the content by the `get()`-method.

```
$config->get('name');
$config->get('database.server');
```

### Default values

[](#default-values)

```
$config->get('asdasdas');         // returns null
$config->get('asdasdas', 'blah'); // returns 'blah'
```

### Scalar values

[](#scalar-values)

```
$config->getScalar('object');           // returns ''
$config->getScalar('object', 'blah');   // returns 'blah'
$config->getScalar('not-existing');     // returns ''
$config->getScalar('not-existing', []); // throw InvalidArgumentException
```

### Arrays

[](#arrays)

```
$config->getArray('database');      // returns the database array
$config->getArray('notexit');       // returns []
$config->getArray('notexit', [1]);  // returns [1]
```

### Boolean

[](#boolean)

```
$config->getBoolean('database', false);   // returns false
$config->getBool('database', true);       // returns true
$config->getBoolean('zeroString', true);  // returns false
$config->getBoolean('zeroInt', true);     // returns false
$config->getBoolean('oneString', false);  // returns true
$config->getBoolean('oneInt', false);     // returns true
```

The `getBoolean()`-method and their alias `getBool()` handle the string `'1'` and the integer `1` as `true`. Otherwise this method returns the given `$default` or `true`.

```
$config->getBoolean('oneString', false);   // returns true
$config->getBoolean('twoString', false);   // returns false
$config->getBoolean('twoString');          // returns true
```

Run tests
---------

[](#run-tests)

```
php composer.phar install --dev
php vendor/bin/phpunit tests/
```

or with code-coverage-report

```
php composer.phar install --dev
php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html output tests/
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This package is inspired by [php-dotty](https://github.com/thesmart/php-dotty)

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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 ~132 days

Recently: every ~260 days

Total

9

Last Release

3779d ago

Major Versions

0.2 → 1.0.02014-02-16

1.1.0 → 2.0.02016-01-03

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1PHP >=5.3.0

0.1.1PHP >=5.4.0

2.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1c8c5e958e572c9805a2746a44c66ffd72fdfb22f1f5c7f0723a40afee9ec176?d=identicon)[pklink](/maintainers/pklink)

---

Top Contributors

[![pklink](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/753350?v=4)](https://github.com/pklink "pklink (7 commits)")

---

Tags

configurationSettingsarrayconfigdotdot notation

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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