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selfiens/property-alias
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Enables property alias via ClassDoc

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Property Alias
==============

[](#property-alias)

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This package enables you to create aliases for existing class properties with a simple ClassDoc setup.

Below is an example of creating an alias to `$this->foo`.

```
/**
 * @property $my_alias = foo
 *              ^
 *              |
 *      This is how you define an alias to "$foo".
 *      Valid PHP identifiers will work, including UTF-8 $한글.
 */
 class MyClass {
    use \Selfiens\PropertyAliasTrait;

    public string $foo = 'foo';
 }
```

Then you can read/write properties via alias.

```
$my = new MyClass();

// read
echo $my->my_alias; // 'foo'

 // write
$my->my_alias = 'bar';
echo $my->foo; // 'bar';
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require selfiens/property-alias:^1.0
```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

This package's `\Selfiens\PropertyAliasTrait` uses ClassDoc as the source of alias definitions. You can create aliases using the `@property` syntax, as shown in the following example:

```
/**
 * @property $alias_name = target_property
 */
```

You can define as many aliases as you desire. Aliases can point to the other aliases.

Background
----------

[](#background)

### Aliases on existing properties

[](#aliases-on-existing-properties)

This package aims to assist in accessing poorly named properties by better names. It is designed to help in situations where you are unable to rename a property due to reasons such as its origin from an external API, a poorly named database field, or the high risk associated with refactoring the name.

### Defining aliases in ClassDoc with @property

[](#defining-aliases-in-classdoc-with-property)

The `@property` definitions in ClassDoc are understood by many IDEs, and these IDEs will provide auto-completions and refactorings as if the aliases were real properties.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

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Total

1

Last Release

238d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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