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thefox/utilities
================

Collection of usefull PHP utilities.

v2.0.0(8y ago)65.4k210GPL-3.0PHPPHP ^7.1CI failing

Since Apr 30Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/TheFox/utilities)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/thefox/utilities)[ Docs](https://fox21.at)[ RSS](/packages/thefox-utilities/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago

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Utilities
=========

[](#utilities)

Collection of useful PHP utilities.

Project Outlines
----------------

[](#project-outlines)

The project outlines as described in my blog post about [Open Source Software Collaboration](https://blog.fox21.at/2019/02/21/open-source-software-collaboration.html).

- The main purpose of this collection is to provide common single functions or classes, which are too small for a separate project.
- This list is open. Feel free to request features.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- PHP 7 compatible.
- [Hexadecimal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal) encoding.
- [LEB128](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEB128) encoding.
- Debug [binary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number) data.
- Generate random data using [mt\_rand()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php).
- Big/Little endian converter.

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

[](#installation)

The preferred method of installation is via [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/thefox/utilities) and [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). Run the following command to install the package and add it as a requirement to composer.json:

```
composer require thefox/utilities
```

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Packagist Package](https://packagist.org/packages/thefox/utilities)
- [PHPWeekly - Issue October 16, 2014](http://www.phpweekly.com/archive/2014-10-16.html)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~251 days

Total

19

Last Release

3048d ago

Major Versions

v1.11.0 → v2.0.02018-01-12

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3

v1.10.0PHP ~5.3 || ~7.0

v1.11.0PHP ^7.0

v2.0.0PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b879f8d5879bc5cb3a1bc43287d0b26834ffc0f403e1b076375da977fe308c55?d=identicon)[TheFox](/maintainers/TheFox)

---

Top Contributors

[![TheFox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/353709?v=4)](https://github.com/TheFox "TheFox (122 commits)")

---

Tags

binarydebugencodinghexleb128mit-licensephpphp-libraryutilitiesrandomdebughexbinaryutilitiesrandbinhexadecimallittle-endianbig-endianendianleb128

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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