ez-php/support

General-purpose utility classes for the ez-php ecosystem — Range, WeightedRandom, TimeProbability, DailyQuota

1.9.1 2026-04-25 10:03 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.5

Requires (Dev)

• ez-php/docker: ^1.0
• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.94
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1
• phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules: ^2.0
• phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules: ^2.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^13.0

MIT

• Andreas Uretschnig

• php
• support
• utilities
• range
• ez-php
• weighted-random
• time-probability
• daily-quota

README

General-purpose utility classes for the ez-php ecosystem. Zero external dependencies — pure PHP.

Classes

Range

Immutable value object for a bounded integer range.

$r = Range::of(0, 100);

$r->contains(50);    // true
$r->clamp(150);      // 100
$r->random();        // uniform draw in [0, 100]
$r->weightedLow();   // min-of-two-draws, skewed towards 0

WeightedRandom

Stateless weighted random selection from a list of associative arrays.

$items = [
    ['name' => 'common', 'weight' => 9],
    ['name' => 'rare',   'weight' => 1],
];

WeightedRandom::pick($items);               // picks one, respecting weights
WeightedRandom::pickN($items, 2);           // picks 2 without replacement
WeightedRandom::weightedLow(0, 100);        // min-of-two-draws

Custom weight key:

WeightedRandom::pick($items, 'probability');

TimeProbability

Exponential time-based probability curve: P(t) = 1 − exp(−t / λ).

// Deterministic: just the probability value
TimeProbability::probability(minutesSince: 5.0, lambda: 4.0);  // ~0.713

// Stochastic: roll the curve
TimeProbability::exponential(minutesSince: 5.0);  // true/false

Always returns true once minutesSince >= hardCapMinutes (default 15).

DailyQuota

Immutable value object for "daily allowance + per-action growing cooldown + UTC midnight reset".

$quota = new DailyQuota(dailyLimit: 5, cooldownBaseSeconds: 300, cooldownStepSeconds: 300);
$now   = new DateTimeImmutable();

if ($quota->canPerform($now)) {
    $quota = $quota->perform($now);
    // persist $quota state
}

$quota->remaining();      // actions left today
$quota->cooldownUntil();  // next available time
$quota->usedToday();      // actions performed today

UTC midnight resets happen automatically inside canPerform() and perform(). Call resetIfNeeded($now) explicitly to get a fresh instance without performing an action.

Installation

composer require ez-php/support

Testing

composer full