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zip-factory/zip-factory
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Factory class that creates either ZipArchive or PclZip PHP 5.2.17 and up

1.5.0(11y ago)0777MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Jan 13Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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Zip Factory
===========

[](#zip-factory)

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Factory class that creates either ZipArchive or PclZip

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PHP v5.2 and up. Tested on PHP v5.2.17, v5.3, v5.4, v5.5

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
```

### Tests

[](#tests)

Coverage reports are stored inside the coverage folder.

```
phpunit
```

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

For code guidelines refer to `.editorconfig`. This project is following PEAR code standard - The project is following Vincent Driessen's branching model aka git flow - Make sure to submit your pull requests against the **develop** branch

### License

[](#license)

MIT

### Authors

[](#authors)

- Yani Iliev

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65.5% 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 ~37 days

Recently: every ~60 days

Total

9

Last Release

4200d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/656bc955ff095f76699b2144615fdf0282b990f3033d2275b8a27713eece6fff?d=identicon)[yani-](/maintainers/yani-)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

zipziparchivezipfactory

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