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sikofitt/retrorsum
==================

Finds a file searching recursively from the current directory.

v1.0.0(9y ago)223GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.6

Since Feb 3Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Retrorsum
=========

[](#retrorsum)

This is a simple thing that will search for a file traversing down from the current directory.

This came about because I was thinking of how I could find the base directory of a project without guessing with `__DIR__."/../../../"` and without forcing an app/ directory or something.

I wanted to find a way to find the base directory of an app from a class.

At the moment it does not work if the path is a symlink.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Sikofitt\Retrorsum\Finder;

$finder = new Finder('autoload.php');

define('BASE_DIR', dirname((string)$finder));
```

or

```
define('BASE_DIR', dirname((string)(new Finder('autoload.php'))));
```

Although this could set BASE\_DIR as an empty string if it found nothing.

```
$finder = new Finder('autoload.php');
if(true === $finder->isFound())
{
    define('BASE_DIR', dirname($finder->getPath()));
} else {
   // Whatever your other method would be.
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

GPL-3.0

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3385d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

filefilesystemphpphp56php7searchfilefindreverse

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