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SourceMonkey
============

[](#sourcemonkey)

SourceMonkey is a package for working with source code, or text files on your local filesystem. SourceMonkey is useful for automated code generation and modification within your application.

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

[](#installation)

To install with composer use the following command:

```
composer install webspanner/sourcemonkey

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Instantiating the class

[](#instantiating-the-class)

Pass the fully qualified path to the file which you are editing into the constructor.

```
$sourceMonkey = new SourceMonkey('/tmp/my-file.php');

```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

### `insertLineAfter()`

[](#insertlineafter)

To insert a string into a file after a given line number, moving all later text further down the page use the `insertLineAfter()` method

```
$sourceMonkey->insertLineAfter('some string', 42);

```

### `write()`

[](#write)

To write a string to a file, overwriting it's existing contents use the `write()` method.

```
$sourceMonkey->write('some string');

```

### `getLines()`

[](#getlines)

To read the contents of a file into a 1-indexed array of strings, without line breaks use the `getLines()` method.

```
$sourceMonkey->getLines();

```

### `getPath()`

[](#getpath)

Get the path of the SourceMonkey instance

```
$sourceMonkey->getPath();

```

### `firstLineWithString()`

[](#firstlinewithstring)

Returns the line number of the first line which contains the given string

```
$sourceMonkey->firstLineWithString($string);
{

```

### `deleteLine()`

[](#deleteline)

Delete the line at the given number

```
$sourceMonkey->deleteLine($lineNumber);

```

### `replaceLine()`

[](#replaceline)

Replace the contents of the given line number with the given string

```
$sourceMonkey->replaceLine($lineNumber, $string);

```

### `getProperty()`

[](#getproperty)

Get the PHP class property matching the given name from the class in the given source file and return it as a Property model object or null if it does not exist

```
$sourceMonkey->getProperty($propertyName);

```

### `getClass()`

[](#getclass)

Get the PHP class in the given file name

```
$sourceMonkey->getClass()

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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 ~83 days

Recently: every ~99 days

Total

6

Last Release

2891d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/03877158fbc08c0c35c727b54ce4299da8e70457a56ea44e1ff53ef43a3726c8?d=identicon)[webspanner](/maintainers/webspanner)

---

Top Contributors

[![AndrewFeeney](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13425337?v=4)](https://github.com/AndrewFeeney "AndrewFeeney (14 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/webspanner-sourcemonkey/health.svg)

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