ArrayKit

ArrayKit is a modern PHP 8.4+ data toolkit for array manipulation, dot-path access, collections, configuration and dotenv parsing, hooks, and DTO hydration. These capabilities work together around the same application-data boundary: shaping values, accessing nested structures, and carrying that data through runtime configuration or object models.

Features at a Glance

• Single-Dimensional Helpers
• Multi-Dimensional Helpers
• Dot Notation Get/Set/Flatten
• Dynamic Config with Hooks
• Collection & Hooked Collection
• Unified Facade (ArrayKit)
• Traits for DTO & Hooking
• Pipeline for Collection Ops
• LazyCollection for Generator-Based Flows
• ArrayShape Validation Helper
• Compiled Config + Lazy Namespace Cache
• Dotenv Parsing + Environment References
• Namespaced Helpers + Optional Globals

Modules

Array Helpers

Helper	Description
ArraySingle	Helpers for single-dimensional arrays (set ops, mapWithKeys, countBy, min/max, paginate, duplicates, averages).
ArrayMulti	Helpers for multi-dimensional arrays (flatten, collapse, depth, keyBy/indexBy, firstWhere, recursive sort/filter).
DotNotation	Get/set/remove values using dot keys; wildcard support; escaped literal-dot paths; flatten & expand.
ArrayShape	Lightweight array-shape assertions for row validation (require).
BaseArrayHelper	Internal shared base for consistent API across helpers.
ArraySharedOps	Internal shared operations used by ArraySingle and ArrayMulti (each/every/partition/skip*).
ArrayValueSetOps	Internal equality/set engine with exact PHP comparison semantics and collision-verified strict fingerprints.

Config System

Class	Description
Config	Dot-access configuration loader with explicit hook-aware variants (getWithHooks, setWithHooks, fillWithHooks) plus compiled cache export/load and bounded read memoization.
LazyFileConfig	First-segment lazy loader (db.host loads db.php on demand) with namespace cache files for structural reads and a flat leaf-index cache for exact scalar lookups.
EnvParser	Strict dotenv parser with variable expansion and circular-reference detection.
Environment	Process-environment reader and EnvReference factory for deferred configuration values.
BaseConfigTrait	Shared config logic.

Collections

Class	Description
Collection	OOP array wrapper implementing ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, Countable, JsonSerializable.
HookedCollection	Extends Collection with on-get/on-set hooks for real-time transformation of values.
Pipeline	Functional-style pipeline for chaining operations on collections.
LazyCollection	Repeatable lazy operations (mapLazy, filterLazy, chunkLazy, take, takeUntil), including one-shot generators and renewable factories.
BaseCollectionTrait	Shared collection behavior.

Traits

Trait	Description
HookTrait	Generic hook system for on-get/on-set callbacks. Used by Config, LazyFileConfig, and HookedCollection.
DTOTrait	Utility trait for DTO-like behavior: populate, extract, cast arrays/objects easily.

Helper Functions

Helper Surface	Description
Infocyph\ArrayKit\*	Namespaced helper functions (compare, array_get, array_set, collect, chain) autoloaded by default.
functions.php	Optional global helper variants (manual include when needed).

➤ Facade

Class	Description
ArrayKit	Single entry point for arrays, dot tools, config, and collections (single(), multi(), etc.).

Requirements

• PHP 8.4 or higher

Installation

composer require infocyph/arraykit

<?php// Namespaced helpers are autoloaded by default.usefunctionInfocyph\ArrayKit\array_get;
usefunctionInfocyph\ArrayKit\array_set;
usefunctionInfocyph\ArrayKit\collect;
usefunctionInfocyph\ArrayKit\chain;
// Optional: enable global helpers in projects that explicitly want them.require_once__DIR__ . '/vendor/infocyph/arraykit/src/functions.php';

Quick Examples

One Facade Entry Point

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\ArrayKit;
$isList = ArrayKit::single()->isList([1, 2, 3]); // true$flat = ArrayKit::multi()->flatten([[1], [2, [3]]]); // [1, 2, 3]$name = ArrayKit::dot()->get(['user' => ['n' => 'A']], 'user.n'); // A$config = ArrayKit::config(['app' => ['env' => 'local']]);
$env = $config->get('app.env'); // local

Single-Dimensional Helpers

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Array\ArraySingle;
$list = [1, 2, 3, 2];
// Is it a list?$isList = ArraySingle::isList($list); // true// Duplicates$dupes = ArraySingle::duplicates($list); // [2]// Contains checks$hasAll = ArraySingle::containsAll($list, [1, 2]); // true$hasAny = ArraySingle::containsAny($list, [99, 2]); // true// Pagination$page = ArraySingle::paginate($list, page:1, perPage:2); // [1, 2]

Multi-Dimensional Helpers

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Array\ArrayMulti;
$data = [ [1, 2], [3, [4, 5]] ];
// Flatten to one level$flat = ArrayMulti::flatten($data); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]$flatZero = ArrayMulti::flatten($data, 0); // [[1, 2], [3, [4, 5]]]$flatOne = ArrayMulti::flatten($data, 1); // [1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]// Multi-column and query helpers$sortedMany = ArrayMulti::sortByMany($rows, [
['status', 'asc'],
['created_at', 'desc'],
]);
$active = ArrayMulti::whereStartsWith($rows, 'status', 'act', false);
$match = ArrayMulti::whereLike($rows, 'email', '%@example.com');
$first = ArrayMulti::firstWhereIn($rows, 'role', ['admin', 'editor']);
$uniqueUsers = ArrayMulti::uniqueBy($rows, 'email');
$dupeUsers = ArrayMulti::duplicatesBy($rows, fn ($row) => strtolower((string) ($row['email'] ?? '')));
// Collapse one level$collapsed = ArrayMulti::collapse($data); // [1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]// Nesting depth$depth = ArrayMulti::depth($data); // 3// Recursive sort$sorted = ArrayMulti::sortRecursive($data);

Dot Notation

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Array\DotNotation;
$user = [
'profile' => ['name' => 'Alice']
];
// Get value$name = DotNotation::get($user, 'profile.name'); // Alice$literal = DotNotation::get(['profile.name' => 'flat'], 'profile\\.name'); // flat// Set value
DotNotation::set($user, 'profile.email', 'alice@example.com');
// Flatten$flat = DotNotation::flatten($user);
// wildcard set
DotNotation::set($user, 'users.*.active', true);
// [ 'profile.name' => 'Alice', 'profile.email' => 'alice@example.com' ]

Config Hooks (Explicit)

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Config\Config;
$config = newConfig();
// Load from file$config->loadFile(__DIR__.'/config.php');
// Hook: auto-hash password when set$config->onSet('auth.password', fn($v) => password_hash($v, PASSWORD_BCRYPT));
// Hook: decrypt when getting 'secure.key'$config->onGet('secure.key', fn($v) => decrypt($v));
// Use it$config->setWithHooks('auth.password', 'secret123');
$hashed = $config->getWithHooks('auth.password');
// Typed getters + state helpers$port = $config->getInt('db.port', 3306);
$config->snapshot('before-runtime');
$config->merge(['app' => ['env' => 'production']]);
$changed = $config->changed('before-runtime');
$config->restore('before-runtime');
// Compiled cache export / load$config->exportCache(__DIR__ . '/bootstrap/cache/config.php');
$cached = newConfig();
$cached->loadCache(__DIR__ . '/bootstrap/cache/config.php');

Hooked Collection

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Collection\HookedCollection;
$collection = newHookedCollection(['name' => 'alice']);
// Hook on-get: uppercase$collection->onGet('name', fn($v) => strtoupper($v));
// Hook on-set: prefix$collection->onSet('role', fn($v) => "Role: $v");
echo$collection['name']; // ALICE$collection['role'] = 'admin';
echo$collection['role']; // Role: admin

🔹 DTO Trait Example

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\DTO\Concerns\DTOTrait;
class UserDTO {
use DTOTrait;
publicstring$name;
publicstring$email;
}
$user = newUserDTO();
$user->fromArray(['name' => 'Alice', 'email' => 'alice@example.com']);
$array = $user->toArray();
// Advanced hydration / export$user->hydrate(['name' => 'Alice'], mapping: ['name' => 'full_name']);
$deep = $user->toArrayDeep();

Lazy + Shape + Cache

useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Array\ArrayShape;
useInfocyph\ArrayKit\ArrayKit;
useInfocyph\ArrayKit\Config\LazyFileConfig;
$lazy = ArrayKit::lazyCollection(range(1, 10))
->filterLazy(fn ($v) => $v % 2 === 0)
->take(3)
->all(); // [2, 4, 6]$row = ArrayShape::require(
['id' => 1, 'email' => 'a@example.com', 'roles' => ['admin']],
['id' => 'int', 'email' => 'string', 'roles' => 'list<string>'],
);
$config = newLazyFileConfig(__DIR__ . '/config', namespaceCacheDirectory: __DIR__ . '/bootstrap/cache/config');
$config->warmNamespaceCache(['db', 'cache']);
// Exact scalar leaf reads can hit bootstrap/cache/config/__flat.php first.$host = $config->get('db.host');

Behavior Notes

• ArrayMulti::flatten($array, 0) keeps top-level values unchanged; 1 flattens one level; INF fully flattens.
• ArraySingle::avg(), sum(), isPositive(), and isNegative() only consider numeric values (non-numeric values are ignored).
• ArraySingle::paginate() requires page >= 1 and perPage >= 1 (throws InvalidArgumentException otherwise).
• Callback-based row helpers (ArrayMulti::sortBy(), sum(), maxBy(), minBy()) support ($row, $key).
• DotNotation treats existing null keys/properties as present (does not fall back to defaults).
• DotNotation::hasWildcard(), paths(), matches(), rename(), and move() are available for wildcard/path operations.
• For untrusted/deep payloads, use bounded traversal variants: DotNotation::getSafe(), ArrayMulti::depthGuarded(), flattenGuarded(), and sortRecursiveGuarded().
• LazyFileConfig namespace cache writes one cache file per namespace plus a shared __flat.php file containing only final scalar/null leaf values for exact-key fast paths.

Security

Do not disclose suspected vulnerabilities in a public issue, discussion or pull request. Follow SECURITY.md and use GitHub private vulnerability reporting.

ArrayKit is protected by PHPForge, which provides automated tests, static and taint analysis, dependency auditing, architecture checks and release-readiness gates. Automated controls do not replace responsible disclosure or manual review.

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