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samlitowitz/no-globals
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PHPStan rules to disallow use of global keyword and $GLOBALS variable

v1.1(7y ago)03MITPHP

Since Apr 19Pushed 7y agoCompare

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PHPStan rules to disallow use of global keyword and $GLOBALS variable
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[](#phpstan-rules-to-disallow-use-of-global-keyword-and-globals-variable)

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Usage
=====

[](#usage)

To use these rules, require it via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

```
composer require samlitowitz/no-globals --dev

```

Include rules.neon in your project's PHPStan config

```
includes:
    - vendor/samlitowitz/no-globals/rules.neon

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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

2674d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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