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sqonk/phext-core
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This is the core package to the PHEXT set of libraries for PHP. It includes general utility methods for strings, arrays, dates and numbers, each of which exist as a grouped class with the methods statically accessible.

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PHEXT Core functions and extensions library
===========================================

[](#phext-core-functions-and-extensions-library)

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This is the core package to the PHEXT set of libraries for PHP. It includes general utility methods for strings, arrays, dates and numbers, each of which exist as a grouped class with the methods statically accessible.

It also contains a small set of stand-alone functions that import across the global namespace.

Most of the other PHEXT modules rely on the core library.

Some of the string methods require mbstring and iconv to be installed and active.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require sqonk/phext-core
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

[Full API Reference](docs/api/index.md) with examples now available here.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Theo Howell

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](license.txt) for more information.

###  Health Score

46

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FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~78 days

Recently: every ~217 days

Total

28

Last Release

165d ago

Major Versions

0.4 → 1.0.02020-10-17

PHP version history (3 changes)0.3PHP ^7.3

1.0.2PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0.0

1.1.0PHP ^8

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

stringsdatesutilitiesnumbersarrays

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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