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shrikeh/file
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Simple OO wrapper around many standard PHP file operations (e.g. include, require, etc)

0.2(6y ago)09.5k↓50%1MITPHPPHP ^7.4

Since Mar 5Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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file
====

[](#file)

Simple wrapper around a file to allow treating some operations in an OO way. Also stops your code quality tools complaining about requires and includes if they are dynamic.

Todo: throw exceptions where appropriate, and checking path beforehand.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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

Every ~4 days

Total

2

Last Release

2256d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62ab3e34ffd6ff72a98201ef7fc4f803077e7b25d62f39c81257b27d3467e273?d=identicon)[shrikeh](/maintainers/shrikeh)

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Top Contributors

[![shrikeh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/445227?v=4)](https://github.com/shrikeh "shrikeh (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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