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xiphe/thetools
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A little collection of standalone functions and libs for everyday usage.

v1.0.12(12y ago)0351GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSEPHP

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THETOOLS
========

[](#thetools)

A little collection of standalone functions and libs for everyday usage.

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

[](#installation)

Use [composer](http://getcomposer.org/) and require `"xiphe/thetools": "~1.0"`

The `Xiphe\THETOOLS::is_browser('ff');` methods require [Browser](https://github.com/Ikimea/Browser) from Ikimea
The `Xiphe\THETOOLS::pq('');` methods require [phpQuery](https://github.com/duvanmonsa/phpQuery)

Support
-------

[](#support)

I've written this project for my own needs so i am not willing to give full support. Anyway, i am very interested in any bugs, hints, requests or whatever. Please use the [github issue system](https://github.com/Xiphe/THETOOLS/issues)and i will try to answer.

3rd Party
---------

[](#3rd-party)

This plugin uses and includes some scripts from other people. Here is a list:

\###PHP

- **[Browser.php](https://github.com/Ikimea/Browser)**
    Used for Browser-detection.
    License: GNU General Public License V2
    File:
    Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Chris Schuld ()
- **[phpQuery](https://github.com/duvanmonsa/phpQuery)**
    License: MIT License
    Homepage:
    File:
    Developed by Tobiasz Cudnik <tobiasz.cudnik/gmail.com>
- **[URLNormalizer](https://github.com/glenscott/url-normalizer)**
    Author: [Glen Scott](http://www.glenscott.co.uk/)
    License: (c) Glen Scott - Usage allowed here:

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 1.0.10

[](#1010)

- add makeFile method

### 1.0.9

[](#109)

- add compareNumbers method.

### 1.0.8

[](#108)

- bugfix for get\_currentUrl filters

### 1.0.2

[](#102)

- move class file into src

### 1.0

[](#10)

- initiation as standalone package
- added to composer

### pre 1.0

[](#pre-10)

- This once was a part of [THEMASTER](https://github.com/Xiphe/THEMASTER/).

Todo
----

[](#todo)

- Revisit the ar and sc methods. Maybe they should be deprecated in favor of typecasting.
- More tests
- Better documentation
- Spell-check

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright (C) 2013 Hannes Diercks

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

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 ~27 days

Recently: every ~64 days

Total

13

Last Release

4519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d5408752b506da1958c3741a2954aca1115ca49887c26f60f234a6881d1b830b?d=identicon)[Xiphe](/maintainers/Xiphe)

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Top Contributors

[![Xiphe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/911218?v=4)](https://github.com/Xiphe "Xiphe (14 commits)")

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