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rickselby/consthelpers
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Helper traits to use when using a class with many constants.

Also a place for me to test CI stuff.

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
class DataRef
{
    use \ConstHelpers\Validating;

    const POINT_NORTH = 0;
    const POINT_SOUTH = 1;
    const POINT_EAST = 2;
    const POINT_WEST = 3;
    const POINT_UP = 4;
    const POINT_DOWN = 5;

    const ORIENT_NORMAL = 6;
    const ORIENT_INVERSE = 7;
}

// Get the list of constants that start with 'POINT_'
$consts = DataRef::startsWith('POINT_'));

// Validate a value against the constants starting with 'POINT_'
if (DataRef::isValidStartsWith($value, 'POINT_')) {
...

// Validate against constants matching a regular expression
if (DataRef::isValid($value, '/T.*E/')) {
...
```

###  Health Score

26

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

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###  Release Activity

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Every ~33 days

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Last Release

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### Community

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