marvin255/optional

Optional container for PHP.

v0.2.2 2025-08-19 20:13 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.3

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.0
• infection/infection: ^0.31
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12.0
• vimeo/psalm: ^6.0

MIT

• php
• optional

README

PHP implementation of Java's Optional object.

A container object which may or may not contain a non-null value. If a value is present, isPresent() will return true and get() will return the value.

Installation

Install via composer:

composer req marvin255/optional

Usage

use Marvin255\Optional\Optional;

$optional = Optional::of($input);
if ($optional->isPresent()) {
    $value = $optional->get();
    // do something
}

With lambda

use Marvin255\Optional\Optional;

Optional::of($input)->ifPresent(function ($item): void {/* do something */});