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saxulum/saxulum-hint
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Saxulum Hint

1.0.0(11y ago)05521MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Sep 28Pushed 10y agoCompare

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saxulum-hint
============

[](#saxulum-hint)

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Hint scalars, arrays and objects

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) as [saxulum/saxulum-hint](https://packagist.org/packages/saxulum/saxulum-hint).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Without a hint

[](#without-a-hint)

```
Hint::validate(false) // true
Hint::validate(true) // true
Hint::validate(1) // true
Hint::validate(1.0) // true
Hint::validate('1.0') // true
Hint::validate('test') // true
Hint::validate(array()) // true
Hint::validate(new \stdClass) // true

```

#### Hint boolean

[](#hint-boolean)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::BOOL) // true
Hint::validate(true, Hint::BOOL) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::BOOL, false) // false

```

#### Hint int

[](#hint-int)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::INT) // true
Hint::validate(1, Hint::INT) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::INT, false) // false

```

#### Hint float

[](#hint-float)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::FLOAT) // true
Hint::validate(1.0, Hint::FLOAT) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::FLOAT, false) // false

```

#### Hint numeric

[](#hint-numeric)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::NUMERIC) // true
Hint::validate('1.0', Hint::NUMERIC) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::NUMERIC, false) // false

```

#### Hint string

[](#hint-string)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::STRING) // true
Hint::validate('name', Hint::STRING) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::STRING, false) // false

```

#### Hint array

[](#hint-array)

```
Hint::validate(null, Hint::ARR) // false
Hint::validate(array, Hint::ARR) // true
Hint::validate(null, Hint::ARR, true) // true

```

#### Hint object

[](#hint-object)

```
Hint::validate(null, '\stdClass') // false
Hint::validate(new \stdClass, '\stdClass') // true
Hint::validate(null, '\stdClass', true) // true

```

#### Hint array/collection values

[](#hint-arraycollection-values)

```
Hint::validate(array(), Hint::BOOL . '[]') // true
Hint::validate(array(true, false), Hint::BOOL . '[]') // true
Hint::validate(array(true, null), Hint::BOOL . '[]') // true
Hint::validate(array('\stdClass', '\stdClass'), '\stdClass[]') // true
Hint::validate(array('\stdClass', null), '\stdClass[]') // false
Hint::validate(array('\stdClass', null), '\stdClass[]', true) // true
Hint::validate(array('\stdClass', 'test'), '\stdClass[]', true) // false

```

Copyright
---------

[](#copyright)

- Dominik Zogg

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4241d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/55048de83ca5e5d8c67164a19c78edcaad413b0c1a4ae10d92edf8d77bedd90f?d=identicon)[dominikzogg](/maintainers/dominikzogg)

---

Top Contributors

[![dominikzogg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1011217?v=4)](https://github.com/dominikzogg "dominikzogg (3 commits)")

---

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