PHPCollections is a set of data structures that try to make your life easier when you're working with PHP and large sets of data. Inspired by languages like Java or C#, PHPCollections offers data structures like List, Map, Stack and more, check it out!
PHP >= 7.2
composer require "maxalmonte14/phpcollections"
Imagine you're storing Post objects for fetching like so.
$posts[] = new Post(1, 'PHP 7.2 release notes');
$posts[] = new Post(2, 'New Laravel 5.5 LTS make:factory command');Everything is fine! But maybe you made a mistake for some mysterious reason and added a non-Post object.
$posts[] = 5 // This is not even an object!When you'll try to fetch your posts array you'll be in troubles.
<?php foreach($posts as $post): ?>
<tr>
<!-- this gonna fail when $post == 5! -->
<td><?= $post->id; ?></td>
<td><?= $post->title; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach ?>Fortunately PHPCollections exists.
$posts = new GenericList(
Post::class,
new Post(1, 'PHP 7.2 release notes'),
new Post(2, 'New Laravel 5.5 LTS make:factory command')
);
$posts->add(5); // An InvalidArgumentException is thrown!Of course there exist more flexible data structures like ArrayList.
$posts = new ArrayList();
$posts->add(new Post(1, 'PHP 7.2 release notes'));
$posts->add(new Post(2, 'New Laravel 5.5 LTS make:factory command'));
$posts->add(5); // Everything is fine, I need this 5 anyway- Different types of collections like Dictionary, Stack and GenericList.
- Simple API.
- Lightweight, no extra packages needed.