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stevejoe/pathhelper
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Node.js path.join-style path helper for PHP. Join and normalize path segments with the correct directory separator.

v1.0.0(3mo ago)01MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Mar 16Pushed 3mo agoCompare

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PathHelper
==========

[](#pathhelper)

Node.js `path.join`-style path helper for PHP. Join and normalize path segments using the platform directory separator.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require stevejoe/pathhelper
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Stevejoe\Pathhelper\PathHelper;

// Join segments (like Node's path.join)
PathHelper::join('foo', 'bar', 'baz');        // "foo/bar/baz" (or "foo\bar\baz" on Windows)
PathHelper::join('foo/', '/bar');             // "foo/bar"
PathHelper::join('/var', 'www', 'app');       // "/var/www/app" on Unix

// Normalize a path (resolve . and ..)
PathHelper::normalize('foo/bar/../baz');      // "foo/baz"
PathHelper::normalize('/foo/./bar/');         // "/foo/bar"

// Directory and base name
PathHelper::dirname('/foo/bar/baz.txt');      // "/foo/bar"
PathHelper::basename('/foo/bar/baz.txt');     // "baz.txt"
PathHelper::basename('/foo/bar/baz.txt', '.txt'); // "baz"
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.0+

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity1

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

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

99d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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