schmittjoh/php-option

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A PHP library implementing the Option type (Some/None) to represent optional values instead of returning null. It forces developers to explicitly handle both the value-present and value-absent cases, making APIs more robust.

Use cases

• avoid null pointer errors in php
• return optional values from repository methods
• make php apis null-safe
• wrap nullable values in a some/none type
• handle missing values explicitly in php
• functional option type for php

When to choose

• you want to eliminate fatal 'call to method on null' errors
• you are designing php apis that may or may not return a value
• you prefer explicit handling of absent values over null checks

When to avoid

• your codebase already uses php 8 nullable types and nullsafe operators
• you want a full functional programming toolkit rather than just the option type

Facets

library · maturity stable

error-handling developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages php option-type functional-programming null-safety maybe-monad

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