thecodingmachine/safe

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Safe-PHP redeclares PHP core functions in a Safe namespace so they throw exceptions instead of returning false on error. It also provides Safe DateTime classes and a PHPStan rule to enforce usage of the safe variants.

Use cases

• replace php functions that return false with exception-throwing versions
• avoid silently ignoring errors from file_get_contents or json_decode
• enforce safe function usage with phpstan
• write cleaner php error handling without manual false checks
• get exception-throwing datetime classes

When to choose

• you want exceptions instead of false return values from PHP core functions
• you use PHPStan and want automated enforcement of safe function imports
• you are starting a new PHP project and want robust error handling by default

When to avoid

• you cannot change function calls in a large legacy codebase
• you need minimal dependencies and prefer manual error checking
• your framework already wraps core functions with its own error handling

Facets

library · maturity active

error-handling developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages php exceptions php-core-functions phpstan static-analysis

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