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simones/dotnot
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Access your data with dot notation. Array or objects: no matter what!

1.0.0(9y ago)21.6k↓50%PHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Sep 15Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Access you data via dot-notation, no matter if it's an array, a stdClass or a custom object!

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer require simones/dotnot
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Construct a `DotNot` instance with your data and access it with the `get` method: that's all! Your data can be composed of any combination of arrays, stdClass instances and custom classes' instances: they all behave the same. You can also use the `dotnot` helper function, which accepts a mandatory `$root` argument and an optional `$path` to resolve.

Here are some examples (for more, head to the spec):

```
// stdClass + array
dotnot((object) [
    'author' => [
        'name' => 'Simone Salerno'
    ]
])->get('author.name')

// Custom class, with getter method
class Author {
    public function getAuthorName() {
        return 'Simone Salerno';
    }
}

// this looks for a method named "get" . ucfirst($getter)
dotnot(new Author)->get('authorName')

// when it can't resolve the path, it throws an exception
// so you should catch it or test for existence
dotnot(new Author)->get('foo') // throws DotNotException
//or
$dotnot = dotnot(new Author);

if ($dotnot->has('foo')) {
    // do some work...
}

// it also works with numeric indexes
dotnot([
    'people' => [
        0 => (object) [
            'author' => new Author
        ]
    ]
])->get('people.0.author.authorName')
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

3532d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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