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smoren/helpers
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Some helpers for different things

v0.1.12(3y ago)29193MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0

Since Dec 23Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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helpers
=======

[](#helpers)

Some helpers for different things

### How to install to Yii2 project

[](#how-to-install-to-yii2-project)

```
composer require smoren/helpers

```

### Unit testing

[](#unit-testing)

```
composer install
./vendor/bin/codecept build
./vendor/bin/codecept run unit tests/unit

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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 ~32 days

Recently: every ~5 days

Total

13

Last Release

1220d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fdc9e8df44cbbc0fc88885a4f1daa2cad755266e73eb0bac15efaf0d47ecbae2?d=identicon)[smoren](/maintainers/smoren)

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Top Contributors

[![Smoren](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7403235?v=4)](https://github.com/Smoren "Smoren (23 commits)")

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Tags

helpershelpers-libraryphphelper

###  Code Quality

TestsCodeception

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