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sloanlance/pman-php-manual
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PHP documentation manual pages from the PEAR package

1.0.0(9y ago)073Shell

Since Nov 17Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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pman-php-manual
===============

[](#pman-php-manual)

PHP documentation in manpage format from the official PEAR package and a wrapper script, `pman`, to display them using the common `man` command.

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

[](#installation)

1. Be sure `~/.composer/vendor/bin` is included in the path.
2. Use Composer to install:

`composer global require sloanlance/pman-php-manual`

It's important to note that the installation command shown at the top of the Packagist page for this package is ***not*** ideal. It will install the package for the current directory, not globally. Be sure to use this command instead.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the `pman` script to display documentation pages:

- `pman DateTime`
- `pman realpath`
- Etc.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.5% 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

3511d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17595351?v=4)[Mr. Lance E Sloan](/maintainers/sloanlance)[@sloanlance](https://github.com/sloanlance)

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Top Contributors

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