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sledgehammer/core
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Sledgehammer - A general purpose PHP toolkit

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Sledgehammer Core
=================

[](#sledgehammer-core)

A general purpose PHP toolkit, with a focus on debugging.

- Improved error reporting with Sledgehammer\\Core\\Debug\\ErrorHandler.
- Improved var\_dump() with dump().
- Improved PDO compatible database connection with Sledgehammer\\Core\\Database\\Connection.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [API Documentation](http://sledgehammer.github.com/api/)
- [Sledgehammer Wiki](http://github.com/sledgehammer/sledgehammer/wiki)
- [Issue tracker](https://github.com/sledgehammer/sledgehammer/issues)
- [Roadmap / Backlog](https://trello.com/board/sledgehammer-framework/4ec77591eb9c5577726d94fb)

Scope
-----

[](#scope)

- Debugging, error-reporting, logging and profiling functionality.
- A collection of global functions (that should be included in PHP, imho)
- Generic utility classes

Classes
-------

[](#classes)

- [ErrorHandler](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Debug.ErrorHandler.html) : An error reporting solution.
- [Base](http://sledgehammer.github.com/api/class-Sledgehammer.Base.html) : A more strict base class with improved error messages.
- [Sledgehammer/dump()](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/function-Sledgehammer.dump.html) : A colorful `var_dump`, with copy-pastable array format.
- [Database](http://sledgehammer.github.com/api/class-Sledgehammer.Database.html) : PDO Database class enhanced with logging/profiling and improved error/warning detection.
- [Sql](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Database.Sql.html) : Generating complex queries in a chainable.
- [Collection](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Collection.html) : Enhanced Array/Iterator handling.
- [Text](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Text.html) : Chainable UTF-8 string functions.
- [Url](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Url.html) : Read and generate urls in a OOP style.
- [Sledgehammer/cache()](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/function-Sledgehammer.cache.html) : Easy caching api using closures.
- [Json](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Json.html) : Reliable JSON encoding and decoding.
- [Autoloader](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Debug.Autoloader.html) : Detects classes and interfaces in any php file and load them when needed. no more includes.
- [DebugR](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/class-Sledgehammer.Core.Debug.DebugR.html) : Sending debugging information alongside XMLHttpRequests.
- [more...](http://sledgehammer.github.io/api/namespace-Sledgehammer.Core.html)

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

[](#installation)

Use [composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to install sledgehammer modules.

```
composer require sledgehammer/core:*
```

Just `include('vendor/autoload.php');` and the Sledgehammer Framework (and other installed composer libraries) can be used.

You can try the [dump](http://sledgehammer.github.com/api/function-dump.html) function: `dump($var);` to check if the installation is successful.

ErrorHandler
------------

[](#errorhandler)

Add `\Sledgehammer\Core\Debug\ErrorHandler::enable();` to allow the Sledgehammer ErrorHandler to handle the errors, warnings, notices and uncaught exceptions.

The errorhandler can send error reports per email to the address configured in `ErrorHandler->email`.

### Static files

[](#static-files)

Serve static files from modules by adding a line to your rewrite/index.php.

```
require("vendor/sledgehammer/core/src/render_public_folders.php");
```

### Autoloader

[](#autoloader)

```
\Sledgehammer\Core\Debug\Autoloader::enable();
```

Enables the autoloader, which kicks in when the Composer Autoloader was unable to load the class. The Sledgehammer\\Core\\Autoloader tries to diagnose the issue and loads the class when it can.

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.8% 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 ~106 days

Recently: every ~721 days

Total

47

Last Release

108d ago

Major Versions

15.08.0 → 16.05.02016-04-19

16.11.0 → 18.04.02018-04-25

18.08.0 → 20.01.02021-01-16

20.01.0 → 22.07.02022-07-23

22.07.0 → 26.03.02026-03-17

PHP version history (5 changes)12.10.1PHP >=5.3.0

16.05.0PHP >=5.5

18.04.0PHP >=7.1

20.01.0PHP >=7.4

22.07.0PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207248?v=4)[Bob Fanger](/maintainers/bfanger)[@bfanger](https://github.com/bfanger)

---

Top Contributors

[![bfanger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/207248?v=4)](https://github.com/bfanger "bfanger (433 commits)")[![Hyra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/380836?v=4)](https://github.com/Hyra "Hyra (1 commits)")

---

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