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PHP based Collections Manager

Installation

composer require ialopezg/collections

Requirements

• PHP 5.6+

Features

• Set item
• Update item
• Remove item
• Lookup for an item
  • By key name when single lookup
  • By dot notation when nested lookup
• Data cache for quick access
• Access to firs level object by invoking its name in the class, by example: echo $collection->itemName;. Protected properties cannot be invoked.
• Merging of classes are derivative from CollectionInterface.
• Access to its items like associative arrays.

Usage

use ialopezg\Libraries\Collection;

// class derived from Collection class
class ItemCollection extends Collection { }

$collection = new ItemCollection([]);
// get the value, if not found return default value
echo $collection->get('item_name', 'initial value');
// changing item_name's value
$collection->set('item_name', 'item value');
// print current value
if ($collection->has('item_name')) {
    echo $collection->get('item_name');
}
// remove item_name property
$collection->remove('item_name');

echo $collection->count();

Please, check examples directory for more details of usage or run:

### from linux bash
./server.sh

or

### from windows bash
server.bat

License

This project is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.