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Simple Type Lib for PHP

Library inspired by nicolopignatelli/valueobjects. My goal was to create a set of classes that will serve as a object oriented implementation of basic data types to fight with PHPs dynamic types and at the same time add few extra classes for common tasks. One of the main features of STL is that all objects have one instance per value String::get('Test') === String::get('Test'). Thanks to that approach it is easy to store objects in for example SPLObjectStorage or similar containers that depend od object hash.

All objects are immutable - this is required because instances are shared.

Requirements

• PHP >= 5.4
• OpenSSL Extension

Quick start

//Create or get String instance
$string = String::get('String value');
    
//Create or get Integer instance
$integer = Integer::get(12213);
    
//Chaining
    
$integer = Integer::get(10)->add(Integer::get(10));

Library parts description

Number

All classes in \Number namespace are designed to handle numeric types. Decimal internally uses strings for compatibility with bcmath functions but interface exposes scalar numbers.

DateTime

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Roadmap

Currently, after quite a big rebuild (that is still in progress) only String is implemented almost fully, rest of planned data types and value objects is listed below:

• Number
  • Integer - Ready
  • Decimal - Ready
  • Fraction
• DateTime
  • Date
  • Year
  • Month
  • Week
  • Day
  • Time
  • Hour
  • Minute
  • Second
  • DateTime - Started
• Structure
  • TypedArray
  • TypedList
  • Dictionary
• Identity
  • UUID
  • Numeric
  • Alphanumeric
  • Autonumeric - Ready
• Text
  • Word
  • Sentence
  • Paragraph