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withinboredom/null-cast
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Casting, but with null!

v1.0.0(2y ago)02MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Jan 27Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Null Cast
=========

[](#null-cast)

When using strict types, `null` is often erased when casting, introducing subtle bugs. This library allows you to replace your casts with these simple functions that retain `null`, but otherwise perform the desired cast.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require withinboredom/null-cast

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use function Withinboredom\NullCast\boolval;
use function Withinboredom\NullCast\floatval;
use function Withinboredom\NullCast\intval;
use function Withinboredom\NullCast\stringval;

boolval('true') === true;
boolval(null) === null;

floatval('12.34') === 12.34;
floatval(null) === null;

intval(true) === 1;
intval(null) === null;

stringval(123) === '123';
stringval(null) === null;
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

842d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![withinboredom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1883296?v=4)](https://github.com/withinboredom "withinboredom (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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