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vistik/type-hinted-arrays
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A simple way to create typed collections in PHP - build on Illuminate\\Support\\Collection

v2.0.0(9y ago)18.9kPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Feb 20Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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### What is this?

[](#what-is-this)

This is a very simple way to make arrays type hinted!

`$list = new UserCollection(new User());`

OK

`$list = new UserCollection('User');`

Will throw:

`Vistik\Exception\InvalidTypeException: Item (string) 'User' is not a Vistik\Example\User object!`

### Install

[](#install)

Run `composer require vistik/type-hinted-arrays`

### Use build in Collections for primitives

[](#use-build-in-collections-for-primitives)

Out-of-the-box collections for:

- Booleans
- Integers
- Floats
- Strings
- Emails
- Numbers (float or int)

### Do I have to create a type for each list? Yes, but

[](#do-i-have-to-create-a-type-for-each-list-yes-but)

Look how easy it is:

```
class UserCollection extends TypedCollection{
    protected $type = 'Vistik\Example\User';
}

```

2 simple steps

1. Create a Class eg. `AccountCollection` extend `TypedCollection`
2. Just replace `protected $type = 'Vistik\Example\User';` with your class

or

If the check is more then just a `is_a` check, you can overwrite the function: `isValidItem($item)` in your new Collection class

### Features

[](#features)

- Build upon [Illuminate\\Support\\Collection](https://github.com/illuminate/support)
- Very simple to implement custom Collections

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~180 days

Total

5

Last Release

3377d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.3 → v2.0.02017-02-11

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/778d5a66387a519744a13323544a11649c3c52bdb7207319c473a4154ce5335f?d=identicon)[vistik](/maintainers/vistik)

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Top Contributors

[![vistik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354169?v=4)](https://github.com/vistik "vistik (50 commits)")

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Tags

arraytype-hintcollectioncollectionstype hinted

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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