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standardlibrary/casts-to-string
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Reuseable interface for describing PHP objects that can be cast to a string

v1.0-RC1(8y ago)142GPL-3.0PHPPHP ~7.1

Since Dec 11Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Casts To String
===============

[](#casts-to-string)

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A reuseable interface for describing PHP objects that can be cast to a string.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require standardlibrary/casts-to-string

```

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

Further information
-------------------

[](#further-information)

- For information on contributing please read the [guidelines](../blob/master/CONSTRIBUTING.md) and the community [conduct policy](../blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
- The full license details can be found [here](../blob/master/LICENCE)

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3079d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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