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soldatov/helpers
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Helpers for string, array, objects, etc.

v1.2.2(3y ago)01.1kMITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

Since Sep 16Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Helpers
=======

[](#helpers)

Helpers that extend the standard functionality of the PHP.

StringHelper
------------

[](#stringhelper)

### StringHelper::parseToBool

[](#stringhelperparsetobool)

Helps to recognize a boolean value.

```
use Soldatov\Helpers\StringHelper;

var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('да')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('Yes')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('  yes')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('YES  ')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('Y')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('y')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('t')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('1')); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool(1)); // bool(true)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool(true)); // bool(true)
/* etc. */

var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('нет')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('no')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('n')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('false')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('none')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool('0')); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool(0)); // bool(false)
var_dump(StringHelper::parseToBool(false)); // bool(false)
/* etc. */
```

### StringHelper::parseJson

[](#stringhelperparsejson)

```
use Soldatov\Helpers\StringHelper;
StringHelper::parseJson('asd'); // Fatal error: Uncaught JsonException: Syntax error in ...
```

```
use Soldatov\Helpers\StringHelper;
var_export(StringHelper::parseJson('{"a": 123}')); // array ('a' => 123,)
var_export(StringHelper::parseJson('  {"a":    123}    ')); // array ('a' => 123,)
```

### StringHelper::oneSpace

[](#stringhelperonespace)

Removes extra spaces from a string.

```
use Soldatov\Helpers\StringHelper;
var_export(StringHelper::oneSpace('One    two 3  ')); // 'One two 3'
```

### StringHelper::slicer

[](#stringhelperslicer)

Splits a string by words into substrings that are no more than a certain length. Supports UTF-8.

```
use Soldatov\Helpers\StringHelper;
var_export(StringHelper::slicer('One two One three', 10)); // array (0 => 'One two', 1 => 'One three')
```

VarHelper
---------

[](#varhelper)

### VarHelper::checkVarType

[](#varhelpercheckvartype)

Checks if a variable is of a specific type.

```
use Soldatov\GetType\Types;
use Soldatov\Helpers\VarHelper;

$var = 'test';
VarHelper::checkVarType($var, [Types::TYPE_STRING]); // ok
VarHelper::checkVarType($var, [Types::TYPE_INTEGER, Types::TYPE_FLOAT]); // BadVarTypeException
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~237 days

Total

5

Last Release

1118d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1

v1.1.0PHP ^7.3

v1.2.1PHP ^7.3 || 8.0.\* || 8.1.\*

v1.2.2PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1358824?v=4)[Anatoly Soldatov](/maintainers/soldatov)[@soldatov](https://github.com/soldatov)

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Top Contributors

[![soldatov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1358824?v=4)](https://github.com/soldatov "soldatov (12 commits)")

---

Tags

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