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yannoff/handyman
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A basic REPL for symfony applications

1.0.0(2y ago)021MITPHPPHP >= 7.0

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handyman
========

[](#handyman)

A basic REPL for symfony applications

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a17ab9335e847187d766e260787b5c732244a40a1f5e43db81ad4d3c61089baf/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f68616e64796d616e2f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/handyman)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e81c8afbf00c0a7ab2356928efeb2c86adb496de6717a3d1a35bcfa5954b33a4/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f68616e64796d616e2f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/handyman)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/508c78b9dd964636b9c1055e4bb4b0d85507e0adf0156994f890a427f454b25a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f68616e64796d616e2f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/handyman)

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

[](#installation)

Using composer:

```
composer require --dev yannoff/handyman

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Call the REPL script from the application top-level directory:

```
vendor/bin/handyman

```

> *Depending on the [main `composer.json` config](https://getcomposer.org/doc/06-config.md#bin-dir), a link to the script may be available in the `bin/` directory.*

### Example

[](#example)

```
PHP> print_r(get_class_methods(self::get('slugger')));;
Array
(
    [0] => __construct
    [1] => setLocale
    [2] => getLocale
    [3] => slug
)

PHP> echo self::get('slugger')->slug('this is my text')
PHP> // Note: to trigger eval, line must end with a double semi-colon (;;)
PHP> ;;
this-is-my-text
PHP>

```

> *Code will be eval'd as soon as two semi-colons (`;;`) are detected in the line end.*

### Options

[](#options)

#### `--kernel`

[](#--kernel)

*Alternative application's kernel fully-qualfied class name (instead of `App\Kernel`)*

#### `--working-dir`

[](#--working-dir)

*Optional override for the `%kernel.project_dir%` value*

#### `--verbose`

[](#--verbose)

*Turn on verbose mode*

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the [MIT Licence](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

Every ~127 days

Recently: every ~159 days

Total

6

Last Release

989d ago

Major Versions

0.1.4 → 1.0.02023-10-19

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0f7d03ec2e1304f585bacac055f09969294b8c08146d6be1d00504193be3bc9e?d=identicon)[yannoff](/maintainers/yannoff)

---

Top Contributors

[![yannoff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20049273?v=4)](https://github.com/yannoff "yannoff (16 commits)")

---

Tags

phpreplsymfonytinkerphpsymfonyREPLTinker

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