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pogulailo/collection
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Strictly typed collection

v1.0.0(3y ago)415Apache-2.0PHP

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Collection
==========

[](#collection)

A simple and concise implementation of strictly typed arrays in PHP. No extra code, just type-checked arrays.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First you need to create your own collection class which extends the `GenericCollection` and sets its type:

```
use Pogulailo\Collection\GenericCollection;

class CustomerCollection extends GenericCollection
{
    public function __construct(...$values)
    {
        parent::__construct(Customer::class, ...$values);
    }
}
```

That's all, then you can enjoy all the advantages of strictly typed arrays:

```
function getCustomers(): CustomerCollection
{
    $customers = new CustomerCollection();

    $customers->append(new Customer());
    $customers->append(new Customer());
    $customers->append(new Customer());

    return $customers;
}

function doSomething(CustomerCollection $customers): void
{
    foreach ($customers as $customer) {
        // Do what you need to do
    }
}

$customers = getCustomers();
doSomething($customers);
```

You can choose not to create your own collection class, but then you will need to do additional type checking:

```
use Pogulailo\Collection\GenericCollection;

function getCustomers(): GenericCollection
{
    $customers = new GenericCollection(Customer::class);

    $customers->append(new Customer());
    $customers->append(new Customer());
    $customers->append(new Customer());

    return $customers;
}

function doSomething(GenericCollection $customers): void
{
    // In this case, you need to check the collection type first
    if ($customers->getType() !== Customer::class) {
        throw new Exception('I need customers, more customers...')
    }

    foreach ($customers as $customer) {
        // Do what you need to do
    }
}

$customers = getCustomers();
doSomething($customers);
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1335d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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