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stobys/laravel-helpers
======================

Collection of helper function for Laravel

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Since Mar 18Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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A collection of some helper functions for Laravel
=================================================

[](#a-collection-of-some-helper-functions-for-laravel)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require stobys/laravel-helpers
```

Helpers
-------

[](#helpers)

**carbon**

Shortcut for: `new Carbon` or `Carbon::parse()`

```
carbon('One year ago');
```

**user**

Shortcut for: `auth()->user()`

```
user()->posts()->create([...]);
```

**faker**

Shortcut for: `Faker\Factory::create($locale)`

```
faker('pl_PL') -> realText(200);
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Every ~6 days

Total

2

Last Release

2239d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4be8a510a0cea4e428199c41d707670449959e810ede323a07ba551e3dc13782?d=identicon)[stobys](/maintainers/stobys)

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Top Contributors

[![stobys](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7341141?v=4)](https://github.com/stobys "stobys (10 commits)")

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Tags

laravel-helpersstobys

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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