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Informations about the package helper-utils
🛠️ Helper Utils
Universal collection of PHP 8.5+ helper utilities — dates, strings, arrays, files, network, reflection, hashing, colors, validation and more.
This is a standalone library, not a Symfony bundle. It does not require any framework configuration. Helpers that depend on the current time, timezone, or other side-effects either accept those as explicit method parameters (for static helpers) or are injected via constructor (for service helpers).
🚀 Key Features
- Modern PHP: Strictly typed for PHP 8.5+.
- Zero Configuration: Works out of the box in any project.
- Framework Agnostic: Core logic is pure PHP, with optional integrations for Symfony components.
- Testable: Design focuses on mockability and explicit state management.
- Developer Experience: Consistent naming, clean API, and comprehensive documentation.
📦 Installation
🛠️ Included Helpers
Static Helpers
All helper classes are final with private constructors.
| Group | Classes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Array | ArrayHelper, ArrayMapHelper, CollectionHelper |
Operations with arrays, mapping, filtering, and grouping. |
| Color | ColorHelper |
Color manipulation and conversions (HEX, RGB). |
| Compare | CompareHelper, VersionHelper |
Value and semantic version comparison utilities. |
| Date | DateHelper, DatePeriodHelper, BusinessDayHelper |
Powerful date parsing, manipulation, and period calculations. |
| File | FileHelper, PathHelper |
Filesystem operations, path handling, and metadata. |
| Form | FormValidationMessageHelper |
Symfony Form error extraction and management. |
| Hash | HashHelper, TokenHelper |
Secure hash generation and token utilities. |
| Json | JsonHelper |
Safe JSON encoding and decoding. |
| Locale | LocaleHelper, CountryHelper |
Geographic and linguistic data, country codes. |
| Network | IpHelper, UrlHelper |
IP manipulation (anonymization, ranges) and URL handling. |
| Number | NumberHelper, MoneyHelper |
Formatting numbers, currency, and byte sizes. |
| Object | CloneHelper, ObjectHelper |
Deep cloning and dynamic property access. |
| Reflection | ReflectionHelper, AttributeHelper, EnumHelper |
Advanced reflection for classes, attributes, and Enums. |
| String | StringHelper, HtmlHelper, TextHelper |
String manipulation, slugging, masking, and HTML cleaning. |
| Validator | ValidatorHelper |
Helpers for Symfony validation component. |
| Misc | RetryHelper |
Miscellaneous utilities like retry logic. |
Service Helpers
DI-injectable, final readonly where stateless.
ClockAwareDateHelper: Time-sensitive operations using PSR-20 Clock.DoctrineHelper: Doctrine ORM metadata and entity manager shortcuts.MemoryHelper: Real-time memory usage tracking and formatting.RequestHelper: Convenient wrapper for Symfony's Request objects.TimerHelper: Precise code execution timing and measurement.
Enums
ByteUnit: Constants for data size units (B, KB, MB, etc.).ComparisonOperator: Common comparison operators for flexible logic.DateFormat: Standardized date and time format strings.
💡 Quick Examples
Static Helpers
Services (Dependency Injection)
🧪 Quality Assurance
We maintain high testing standards to ensure reliability.
The package currently includes 397 unit tests and 766 assertions.
Test Coverage
| Group | Status |
|---|---|
| Array, Color, Compare, Date, File, Hash, Json, Locale, Network, Number, Object, Reflection, String, Validator, Misc | ✅ Full |
| Service (Request, Clock, Doctrine, Memory, Timer) | ✅ Full |
📜 Design Principles
- Immutability: Preference for
\DateTimeImmutable. - Explicitness: "Now"-dependent methods accept an explicit timestamp.
- Safety: Methods follow the
doSomething(throws) /trySomething(returns null) pattern. - Non-Invasive: Wraps powerful libraries (Symfony, Doctrine) rather than reinventing wheels.
- Finality: Classes are
finalto prevent fragile inheritance.
📄 License
The HelperUtils is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.
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