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prewk/file-chainer
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Chainable file stream writer with insert support

0.3.0(11y ago)11.1k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Sep 28Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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[](#file-chainer-)

What is it?
-----------

[](#what-is-it)

A small wrapper for some php file streaming functions with support for inserting data into streams without overwriting. (Also: chainable.)

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

[](#installation)

Add to composer:

```
require: {
    "prewk/file-chainer": "dev-master"
}
```

And run `composer install`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Two new file stream methods:

- `finsert` inserts a string at the current file stream position
- `finsertcsv` inserts a csv (like [fputcsv](http://se2.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php)) line at the current file stream position

### Inserting & chaining

[](#inserting--chaining)

```
Prewk\FileChainer::make()
    ->fopen("/foo/bar.txt", "w+")
    ->fwrite("foo")
    ->rewind()
    ->finsert("bar")
    ->fclose();

echo file_get_contents("/foo/bar.txt");
// Output: barfoo
// The handle's file pointer = 3
```

### Inserting with static method

[](#inserting-with-static-method)

```
$handle = fopen("/foo/bar.txt", "w+");
fwrite($handle, "foo");
rewind($handle);

// Statically, using the default "temporary file stream" method
Prewk\FileChainer\Inserters\File::finsert($handle, "bar");

fclose($handle);

echo file_get_contents("/foo/bar.txt");
// Output: barfoo
// The handle's file pointer = 3
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~19 days

Total

10

Last Release

4164d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8f3625261e7ace9c6248835418795f4b7f181df06edf191dc26b6ee8c19c3c1d?d=identicon)[prewk](/maintainers/prewk)

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Top Contributors

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