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spatie/better-types
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Improved abstraction for dealing with union and named types.

1.1.0(4mo ago)823.8M—5.4%53MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

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Better types
============

[](#better-types)

Check whether a reflection type or method accepts a given input

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Support us
----------

[](#support-us)

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require spatie/better-types
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using the `Type` class directly:

```
function (FooInterface $foo) {}

$reflectionType = …

$type = new Type($reflectionType);

$type->accepts(new Foo()); // true
$type->accepts('invalid string'); // false
```

Using the `Method` class:

```
function (?FooInterface $foo, ?BarInterface $bar) {}

$reflectionMethod = …

$method = new Method($reflectionMethod);

$method->accepts(new Foo(), new Bar()); // true
$method->accepts(bar: new Bar() foo: new Foo()); // true
$method->accepts(null, new Bar()); // true
$method->accepts(null, null); // true

$method->accepts('string', 1); // false
$method->accepts(new Foo()); // false, you can't omit values
```

Using `Handlers` to determine which methods accept a given set of input:

```
class Foo
{
    public function acceptsString(string $a) {}

    public function acceptsStringToo(string $a) {}

    public function acceptsInt(int $a) {}
}

$reflectionClass = …

$handlers = new Handlers($reflectionClass);

$handlers->accepts('string')->all(); // ['acceptsString', 'acceptsStringToo']
$handlers->accepts(1)->first(); // 'acceptsInt'
```

Using the `Attributes` class to find and instantiate attributes with a fluent API:

```
Attributes::new(AttributesTestClass::class)
    ->instanceOf(AttributesTestAttribute::class)
    ->first();
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brent Roose](https://github.com/spatie)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity57

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~204 days

Recently: every ~281 days

Total

9

Last Release

133d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02025-02-20

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^8.0

1.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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