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vielhuber/comparehelper
=======================

small php helper for comparing api responses in your tests.

1.1.4(2mo ago)1532↓25%1MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Jul 25Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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📑 comparehelper 📑
=================

[](#-comparehelper-)

comparehelper is a small php helper for comparing api responses in your tests.

installation
------------

[](#installation)

install once with composer:

```
composer require vielhuber/comparehelper

```

then add this to your files:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use vielhuber\comparehelper\comparehelper;
```

usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
comparehelper::compare($var1, $var2); // true|false
```

you can use the following placeholders:

- `*`: any datatype
- `#STR#`: any string
- `#INT#`: any numeric value

examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
comparehelper::compare('foo', 'foo'); // true

comparehelper::compare(42, 42); // true

comparehelper::compare(
    [
        'foo' => 'bar'
    ],
    [
        'foo' => 'bar',
        'foo2' => 'bar'
    ]
); // false

comparehelper::compare(
    [
        'foo' => 'bar',
        'bar' => ['baz', 42]
    ],
    [
        '#STR' => '*',
        'bar' => ['#STR#', '#INT#']
    ]
); // true

// ordering is lazy
comparehelper::compare(['foo', 'bar'], ['bar', 'foo']); // true
comparehelper::compare(['#INT#', '#STR#'], [42, 'foo']); // true
comparehelper::compare(['#INT#', '#STR#'], ['foo', 42]); // false
comparehelper::compare(['foo' => 7, 'bar' => 42], ['bar' => 42, 'foo' => 7]); // true
comparehelper::compare(['#INT#' => 7, '#STR#' => 42], [7 => 7, 'foo' => 42]); // true
comparehelper::compare(['#INT#' => 7, '#STR#' => 42], ['foo' => 42, 7 => 7]); // false

// datatypes are strict
comparehelper::compare(42, '42'); // false
```

phpunit integration
-------------------

[](#phpunit-integration)

for better diff output in tests, use `assertEquals()` instead of `compare()`:

```
// instead of:
$this->assertTrue(comparehelper::compare($expected, $actual));

// use this for better diffs:
comparehelper::assertEquals($expected, $actual);

// example:
comparehelper::assertEquals(['id' => '#INT#', 'name' => '#STR#', 'status' => 'active'], $apiResponse);
```

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance83

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

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 ~197 days

Recently: every ~18 days

Total

15

Last Release

88d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6

1.0.8PHP >=8.1

1.1.1PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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