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venveo/craft-collections
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Use Laravel Collections in Craft CMS Plugins

v1.0.0(10y ago)10151PHP

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Use Laravel Collections in Craft CMS Plugins
============================================

[](#use-laravel-collections-in-craft-cms-plugins)

[Collections is a really powerful Laravel class](https://laravel.com/docs/master/collections) that provides "a fluent, convenient wrapper for working with arrays of data". Don't just take our words for it, Adam Watham is working on a book called "[Refactoring to Collections](http://adamwathan.me/refactoring-to-collections/)" and he also has a [great screencast on using collections](http://adamwathan.me/2015/01/01/refactoring-loops-and-conditionals/)..

There are often times when we are working with Craft CMS and wish we had Collections support, so we decided to build this plugin!

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [Craft 2.5+](https://craftcms.com/)

Installation and Setup
----------------------

[](#installation-and-setup)

1. Download [plugin release from this page](https://github.com/venveo/craft-collections/releases)
2. Rename the download directory to `collections` and move into your `plugins` directory
3. Install Collections from the control panel settings

Example Usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

When working with data that is in an array...

```
$array = [
    'eight', 'six', 'seven', 'five'
];

```

You can easily make the array a Collection using the following code:

```
$collection = craft()->collections->make($array);

```

Once you have your data in a Collection, you can instantly reap the rewards!

For example you can get the count of items in the array/Collection by simply calling:

```
$collection->count();

```

Wham-o! the count, in this case `4`, will be easily available!

What if you need to ensure that an array contains and item?

```
if ($collection->contains('six')) {
   // returns true, then do something about it!
}

```

For the complete list of options when using Collections, see the list of [available methods](https://laravel.com/docs/master/collections#available-methods).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Jason McCallister](https://github.com/themccallister)
- [Carlo Latiano](https://github.com/carlolaitano)

About Venveo
------------

[](#about-venveo)

Venveo is a Digital Marketing Agency for Building Materials Companies in Blacksburg, VA. Learn more about us on [our website](https://www.venveo.com).

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

3663d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02016-04-28

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![jasonmccallister](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5354908?v=4)](https://github.com/jasonmccallister "jasonmccallister (15 commits)")

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