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sirmathays/convenient-laravel-helpers
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Adds some very convenient helpers to your Laravel project

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Convenient Laravel Helpers
==========================

[](#convenient-laravel-helpers)

This package provides some additional, convenient helpers for you to use with your Laravel project.

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

[](#installation)

Install the package with Composer:

```
composer require sirmathays/convenient-laravel-helpers

```

Features
--------

[](#features)

### Helpers

[](#helpers)

- `class_uses_trait($class, $trait, bool $recursive = true): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class uses given trait.
- `array_depth(array $array)`
    - Return integer describing the max depth of the given array.
- `class_implements_interface($class, $interface): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class implements given interface.
- `class_extends($class, $parent): bool`
    - Return boolean value whether the given class extends given parent class.
- `set_type($value, $type)`
    - Alias for 'settype' which allows non-variables as arguments.
- `trim_spaces(string $string): string`
    - Trim spaces from string.
- `not_null($var): bool`
    - !is\_null
- `get_bool($value): bool`
    - Get boolean value from given value. Accepts string true/false.
- `class_namespace(string $className): string`
    - Get namespace of given class.
- `___(array $keys, array $replace = [], array $numbers = [], string $locale = null, string $glue = ' '): string`
    - Translate given messages and glue them together.

### Discovery class

[](#discovery-class)

This is pretty much copied from `Illuminate\Foundation\Events\DiscoverEvents` from, just made more generic.

**Examples**

```
use SirMathays\Convenience\Discovery;

$all = Discovery::within('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost", "App\Models\Concerns\Taggable", "App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter"]

$classes = Discovery::classesWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost"]

$traits = Discovery::traitsWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\Concerns\Taggable"]

$interfaces = Discovery::interfacesWithin('app\Models')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter"]

$usingClasses = Discovery::usesWithin('app\Models', 'App\Models\Concerns\Taggable')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\BlogPost"]

$implementingClasses = Discovery::implementsWithin('app\Models', 'App\Models\Contracts\BlogWriter')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User"]

$extendingClasses = Discovery::extendsWithin('app\Models', 'Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model')->toArray();
// ["App\Models\User", "App\Models\BlogPost"]
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Convenient Laravel Helpers is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

Every ~64 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

12

Last Release

1478d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02020-07-31

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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