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sven/helpers
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A collection of useful helper functions for in Laravel applications.

v1.2.0(8y ago)2013MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Feb 25Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Helpers
=======

[](#helpers)

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This is a collection of useful helpers for use in Laravel applications. Mainly made for personal use, but if you find (some of) the helpers useful, feel free to use it!

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

[](#installation)

Via [composer](http://getcomposer.org):

```
$ composer require sven/helpers
```

Or add the package to your dependencies in `composer.json` and run `composer install` on the command line to download the package:

```
{
    "require": {
        "sven/helpers": "^1.0"
    }
}
```

Available functions
-------------------

[](#available-functions)

All available functions are listed here, along with their usage and an example on how I would use them.

### active\_route

[](#active_route)

This function will return `true` if you're on the given route name, `false` otherwise:

```
$isHome = active_route('home');
```

You may also pass in optional `$positive` or `$negative` values to return:

```
$isContact = active_route('contact', 'Yes!', 'No :(');
```

There is also an option to give it an array of multiple route names instead of just one. The function will return `$positive` if the current route matches any of the given ones, `$negative` otherwise:

```
$isContactOrAbout = active_route(['contact', 'about']);
```

`active_route()` can be tremendously useful for `active` states on for instance navigation in blade templates:

```

            Home

            Contact

            About

```

### str\_possessive

[](#str_possessive)

This function will return the possessive form of a subject string you give it:

```
echo str_possessive('Brian') . ' house.'; // "Brian's house."
```

It will only append an apostrophe (without the trailing `s`) if the given subject ends in `s`, `z` or `ch`:

```
echo str_possessive('Dolores') . ' eyes.'; // "Dolores' eyes."
echo str_possessive('Sanchez') . ' shoes.'; // "Sanchez' shoes."
echo str_possessive('Gretch') . ' plate.'; // "Gretch' plate."
```

### pipe

[](#pipe)

The `pipe()` function will simply return an instance of the `\Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline`class from Laravel's container, which allows for some neat chaining:

```
echo pipe('hello')->through([
    AddComma::class,
    AddWorld::class,
])->then(function ($content) {
    return $content;
}); // This will output "hello, world!"

// AddComma class:
class AddComma
{
    public function handle($string, Closure $next)
    {
        return $next($string . ',');
    }
}

// AddWorld class:
class AddWorld
{
    public function handle($string, Closure $next)
    {
        return $next($string . ' world!');
    }
}
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

All contributions (pull requests, issues and feature requests) are welcome. Make sure to read through the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) first, though. See the [contributors page](../../graphs/contributors) for all contributors.

License
-------

[](#license)

`sven/helpers` is licensed under the MIT License (MIT). Please see the [license file](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.9% 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 ~64 days

Recently: every ~77 days

Total

6

Last Release

3088d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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