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pschultz/php-bytes
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Converts PHP's short hand byte strings into bytes: bytes('1K') == 1024

1.0.1(9y ago)02251MITPHP

Since Apr 10Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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```
Provides the function \bytes(string) : int, which converts shorthand memory
notations (such as in ini settings) into number of bytes:

    bytes('1K') == 1024

The second function, \memory_limit_bytes(void), returns either the memory
limit in bytes, or INF if there is no memory limit.
```

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3321d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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