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temirkhan/phpstan-internal-rules
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PHPStan rules to prevent prohibited usage of classes marked as @internal

0.1.0(1y ago)141Apache-2.0PHP

Since Jan 31Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpstan-internal-rules
======================

[](#phpstan-internal-rules)

PHPStan rules to handle @internal tag, preventing prohibited usage of such classes

- [Internal class instantiation](test/data/internal-class-instantiation-rule-violation.php)
- [Internal class or interface used as property type](test/data/internal-class-in-property-declaration-rule-violation.php)
- Inheritance from an internal class or interface
- Internal class method call(static, call\_user\_func and direct call)
- Internal trait usage

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

This is likely pretty much outdated since it was just a proof of concept.
You can give it a try by installing it via composer

```
composer require --dev temirkhan/phpstan-internal-rules
```

then add extension to your phpstan.neon.dist

```
includes:
  - vendor/temirkhan/phpstan-internal-rule/extension.neon
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity28

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

471d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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