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stevenkellow/php-plus
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A collection of helpful PHP constants and functions

1.1.4(3y ago)158MITPHPPHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.2

Since Oct 20Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Plus!
=========

[](#php-plus)

PHP, but better.

Add new functionality to PHP with a range of helper functions that make life easier.

Got a common function people should know about? Add a pull request, and get helping!

### How to install

[](#how-to-install)

#### Composer

[](#composer)

Simply add `stevenkellow/php-plus` to your composer.json file.

#### Download

[](#download)

Simply download PHP Plus and put the folder somewhere within your project.

Then, just add *one* line of code into a project file (replacing PATH\_TO\_PHP\_PLUS with the directory of the folder )

`include_once( PATH_TO_PHP_PLUS . '/classes/php-plus.php' );`

and you'll be done.

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Version 1.1 comes with a loader, so you can choose when to include PHP Plus and which files you need.

To run with all functions, simply use:

`PHPPlus::load();`

This method accepts two paramaters, $include and $exclude so you can fine tune which files to load.

If you only want to load certain files, add them to the include array like so:

`PHPPlus::load( array( 'constants', 'math' ) );`

If you want to exclude certain files, add them to the exclude array like so:

`PHPPlus::load( false, array( 'strings', 'security' ) );`

The include paramater defaults to using all files, while the exclude paramater defaults to excluding no files, so there's no real need to mix and match those two!

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~367 days

Recently: every ~437 days

Total

6

Last Release

1292d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.0

1.1.1PHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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