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stld/php-helpers
================

Collection of PHP helper classes to help interact with Send The Light Distribution

v1.4(11y ago)021MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Sep 15Pushed 11y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/STLD/php-helpers)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/stld/php-helpers)[ RSS](/packages/stld-php-helpers/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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STLD PHP Helpers
================

[](#stld-php-helpers)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/33389c07e4462416286da2ecb7a6695f53c961bee3dd9b79235873928689b1bb/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f53544c442f7068702d68656c706572732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/STLD/php-helpers)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4ead816c0b2149bff751c4ce2da7e0577ff27a0bde5b220f4159c385a41fdbcc/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f53544c442f7068702d68656c706572732f62616467652e706e67)](https://coveralls.io/r/STLD/php-helpers)

Collection of PHP helper classes to help interact with Send The Light Distribution.

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

Installable via composer - the details are on [packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/stld/php-helpers).

Add the following to the require section of your projects composer.json file:

```
"stld/php-helpers": "dev-master"
```

Run composer update to download the package

```
php composer.phar update
```

Full Documentation
------------------

[](#full-documentation)

Full documentation for each class can be found in the [docs](docs) directory.

- [Countries](docs/Countries.md)
- [UsaStates](docs/UsaStates.md)
- [OrderX12](docs/OrderX12.md)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~9 days

Total

5

Last Release

4220d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/303202?v=4)[John Veldboom](/maintainers/jveldboom)[@jveldboom](https://github.com/jveldboom)

---

Top Contributors

[![jveldboom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/303202?v=4)](https://github.com/jveldboom "jveldboom (45 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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