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sj-i/phpdoc-type-reader
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A library for reading types from phpdoc

v1.0.0(2y ago)0369.4k—2%1[1 issues](https://github.com/sj-i/phpdoc-type-reader/issues)[11 PRs](https://github.com/sj-i/phpdoc-type-reader/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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phpdoc-type-reader
==================

[](#phpdoc-type-reader)

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A library for reading types from phpdoc.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sj-i/phpdoc-type-reader
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP-8.1+

LICENSE
=======

[](#license)

- MIT

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75.4% 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 ~117 days

Recently: every ~223 days

Total

10

Last Release

833d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.2 → v1.0.02024-02-06

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.0.1PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v1.0.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6488121?v=4)[sji](/maintainers/sj-i)[@sj-i](https://github.com/sj-i)

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Top Contributors

[![sj-i](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6488121?v=4)](https://github.com/sj-i "sj-i (52 commits)")[![renovate-bot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25180681?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate-bot "renovate-bot (12 commits)")[![il-a-nakano](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21051037?v=4)](https://github.com/il-a-nakano "il-a-nakano (4 commits)")[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpphpdoctypegenerics

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

### Embed Badge

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