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primus852/simple-stopwatch
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Simple Stopwatch in PHP

1.0.1(6y ago)1117GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Oct 4Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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simple-stopwatch
================

[](#simple-stopwatch)

A simple Stopwatch utility for PHP

### Usage

[](#usage)

#### Start the Stopwatch

[](#start-the-stopwatch)

`$start = StopWatch::start();`

#### Default Output

[](#default-output)

```
$start = StopWatch::start();
sleep(3); // Sleep 3 seconds for testing
$end = Stopwatch::stop($start);
echo 'Elapsed: '.$end; //Elapsed: 0 hours, 0 minutes and 3 seconds

```

#### Specify Output format

[](#specify-output-format)

```
$start = StopWatch::start();
sleep(3); // Sleep 3 seconds for testing
$end = Stopwatch::stop($start, true, 's');
echo 'Elapsed Seconds: '.$end; //Elapsed Seconds: 3

```

#### Get current timestamp including microseconds

[](#get-current-timestamp-including-microseconds)

```
$current = StopWatch::current();
echo $current; //2018-10-04 10:37:30.271700

```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Every ~494 days

Total

2

Last Release

2283d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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