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rcravens/php\_bag\_of\_tricks
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A package of reusable classes, helpers, and other PHP code.

v1.0.42(5mo ago)0211↓94.1%MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI failing

Since Feb 12Pushed 5mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Bob's Bag of Tricks
===================

[](#bobs-bag-of-tricks)

I find that the code in the src directory is useful in many projects. This package / library is intended to prevent copy/paste of this code. In addition, this library becomes the "master copy" of the code.

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~65 days

Total

43

Last Release

171d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^8.2

v1.0.29PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![rcravens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/228847?v=4)](https://github.com/rcravens "rcravens (64 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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