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sebastian/peek-and-poke
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Proxy for accessing non-public attributes and methods of an object

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Peek and Poke Proxy
===================

[](#peek-and-poke-proxy)

Proxy for accessing non-public attributes and methods of an object.

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

[](#installation)

To add Peek and Poke Proxy as a local, per-project dependency to your project, simply add a dependency on `sebastian/peek-and-poke` to your project's `composer.json` file. Here is a minimal example of a `composer.json` file that just defines a dependency on Peek and Poke Proxy 1.0:

```
{
    "require": {
        "sebastian/peek-and-poke": "1.0.*"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
class Foo
{
    private $bar = 'baz';

    private function notPublic()
    {
        print __METHOD__ . PHP_EOL;
    }
}

$foo   = new Foo;
$proxy = new SebastianBergmann\PeekAndPoke\Proxy($foo);

print $proxy->bar . PHP_EOL;
$proxy->notPublic();
```

```
baz
Foo::notPublic

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1089?v=4)[Sebastian Probst Eide](/maintainers/sebastian)[@sebastian](https://github.com/sebastian)

---

Top Contributors

[![sebastianbergmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25218?v=4)](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann "sebastianbergmann (14 commits)")

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