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toxygene/pale
=============

PHP error to exception trap library

1.0.0(8y ago)017BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.6

Since Sep 10Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Pale
====

[](#pale)

Pale is a simple PHP >=5.6 library that allows a developer to easily convert errors to exceptions without having to worry about the details of changing and restoring error handlers.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use function Pale\run;

try {
    run(function() {
        trigger_error("this will become an exception");
    });
} catch(ErrorException $e) {
    var_dump($e);
}
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3172d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e0ef1879223954bc1f9929a48400ea9af7383a1352272b86ec37160e44dee24f?d=identicon)[toxygene](/maintainers/toxygene)

---

Top Contributors

[![toxygene](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/350210?v=4)](https://github.com/toxygene "toxygene (23 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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