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Date/Calendar recursion library.

v0.4(9y ago)01.9kMITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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\##When Date/Calendar recursion library for PHP 5.3+

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cc1a395910877774fea57a223dcf11e61101fd94597409736dca5ae0579b8d51/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f74706c616e65722f5768656e2e706e673f6272616e63683d646576656c6f70)](https://travis-ci.org/tplaner/When)

Author: Tom Planer

\###About The second version of When.

\###Current Features Currently this version does everything version 1 was capable of, it also supports byhour, byminute, and bysecond. Please check the [unit tests](https://github.com/tplaner/When/tree/develop/tests) for information about how to use it.

I will be replacing version 1 with this as soon as I complete the documentation. Until then here are some simple examples:

```
// friday the 13th for the next 5 occurrences
$r = new When();
$r->startDate(new DateTime("19980213T090000"))
  ->freq("monthly")
  ->count(5)
  ->byday("fr")
  ->bymonthday(13)
  ->generateOccurrences();

print_r($r->occurrences);

// friday the 13th for the next 5 occurrences rrule
$r = new When();
$r->startDate(new DateTime("19980213T090000"))
  ->rrule("FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=FR;BYMONTHDAY=13")
  ->generateOccurrences();

print_r($r->occurrences);

```

\###License When is licensed under the MIT License, see `LICENSE` for specific details.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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

3425d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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