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syntatis/utils
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Handy functions for PHP

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🧰 utils-php
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The `syntatis/utils` package provides a variety of utility functions to simplify common tasks in PHP, including validation, case conversion, and inflection.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via Composer:

```
composer require syntatis/utils
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Validator

[](#validator)

This package includes several functions for validating values, such as checking if a value is an email, URL, or whether it is blank.

FunctionDescription`Val::isBlank`Checks if a value is blank or empty.`Val::isEmail`Checks if a value is a valid email address.`Val::isURL`Checks if a value is a valid URL.`Val::isUUID`Checks if a value is a valid UUID.`Val::isSemVer`Checks if a value is in valid SemVer format.`Val::isIPAddress`Checks if a value is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.`Val::isUnique`Checks if all elements in a collection are unique.#### Examples

[](#examples)

```
use function Syntatis\Utils\Val;

// Check if a value is blank or empty
Val::isBlank(''); // true
Val::isBlank(' '); // true
Val::isBlank('foo '); // false

// Check if a value is a valid email address
Val::isEmail('example@example.com'); // true
Val::isEmail('invalid-email'); // false
```

### Strings

[](#strings)

This package includes several functions to handle strings, such as converting a string to camel case, makes a word plural, or checking if a string starts with a specific substring.

FunctionDescription`Str::toCamelCase`Converts a string to camel case e.g. `foo_bar` to `fooBar`.`Str::toSnakeCase`Converts a string to snake case e.g. `fooBar` to `foo_bar`.`Str::toKebabCase`Converts a string to kebab case e.g. `fooBar` to `foo-bar`.`Str::toPascalCase`Converts a string to Pascal case e.g. `foo_bar` to `FooBar`.`Str::toTitleCase`Converts a string to title case e.g. `foo_bar` to `Foo Bar`.`Str::toSentenceCase`Converts a string to sentence case e.g. `foo_bar` to `Foo bar`.`Str::toLowerCase`Converts a string to lower case e.g. `FooBar` to `foobar`.`Str::toUpperCase`Converts a string to upper case e.g. `fooBar` to `FOOBAR`.`Str::toMacroCase`Converts a string to macro case e.g. `fooBar` to `FOO_BAR`.`Str::toCobolCase`Converts a string to Cobol case e.g. `fooBar` to `FOO-BAR`.`Str::startsWith`Check if a string starts with a specific substring.`Str::endsWith`Check if a string ends with a specific substring.#### Examples

[](#examples-1)

```
use function Syntatis\Utils\Str;

// Convert a string to camel case
Str::toCamelCase('foo_bar'); // fooBar

// Check if a string starts with a specific substring
Str::startsWith('Hello, World!', 'Hello'); // true
```

### Arrays

[](#arrays)

This package includes several functions to handle arrays. For example, checking if an array is a list or associative array, or checking if all elements in an array are unique.

FunctionDescription`Arr::isList`Checks if an array is a list. If not then it is an associative array.`Arr::isUnique`Checks if all elements in an array are unique.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.8% 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 ~22 days

Total

14

Last Release

581d ago

Major Versions

v1.5.1 → v2.0.02024-09-30

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v1.0.1PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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