A simple, fluent and stable PHP library for playing around with matrices

The focus of this project is simplicity, beautiful syntax and speed. It allows you work seemlessly with matrices in php. It comes with a handful of methods that you can use to write your own matrix logics

You can create an instance of the class using the new keyword and immediately call the set mathod which sets a matrix value into the class ready for manipulation. Each matrix instance must be a multidimensional array.

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use Busybrain\Matrix\Matrix;

$matrix = new Matrix;

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	]);

you can as well use the static make method on the matrix class. this recieves a matrix instance as an argument and does exactly the same thing as the previous code retruning an instance of the class created

<?php

$matrix  = Matrix::make([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	]);

you can also set scalar values for operations that require scalar values using the set scalar method. The library allows chaining methods.

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$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])->setScalar(2);

You can create an identity matrix by simply using the identity matrix method in the matrix class

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$matrix->identity($row,$col);

#conver scalar to matrix you can convert a scalar to an n by m matrix using the scalarToMatrix method

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$matrix->scalarToMatrix($value,$row,$col);

the library currently support the following operations and is still being worked on for others

1. Addition ----------------------- add
2. subtraction -------------------- subtract
3. Multiplication -----------------multiply
4. Determinant----------------------det
5. Transpose------------------------ transpose

You can use each one by first setting up the matrix with all the parameters needed then calling their endpoint on it.

<?php

//addition

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->add;

//subtraction

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->subtract;

//multiplication
$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])->multiply;

//tranpose

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])->transpose;

//determinant

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])->det;

Except for the detrminant where the result is a scalar, other operations gives an instance of the matrix class when the endpoint is called as a method instead of as a property. Hence we can chain multiple operations together. When you call the setScalar method on the addition or subtraction operation, the scalar would be converted to marix and included in the operation

<?php


$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
		])->set([
		[1,2,3],
		[5,6,7]
		])->add()->transpose; //sums the matrix then transpose the result

$matrix->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->set([
	[1,2,3],
	[5,6,7]
	])
		->add()->transpose()->set([[1,2,3]])->add()->transpose()->det();
//sums the matrix, takes the transpose of the result , add the new matrix to the result, takes the transpose and calculates the determinant.

There are a handful of methods that can give you details about a matrix . You can call them all on the matrix instance.

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$matrix->first() : array //returns the first matrix on the matrix instance 

$matrix->howManyMatrix():int  //returns the number of matrix set on the matrix instance 

$matrix->rowCount() : int //returns the number of rows present on the array

$matrix->columnCount() : int //returns the number of column present on the array

$matrix->pickRow(int $row):array //returns the selcted row

$matrix->pickColumn($col) : array //returns the selected column

$matrix->lu() : array //returns a multidimensional array of the lower and upper triangular matrix

$matrix->rowDel($row) : array // returns a new matrix with the given row deleted

$matrix->colDel($col) : array //returns a new matrix with the given column deleted

$matrix->dimensions() : array //returns an array of [row,column]

}

?>

you can run valiation on a matrix against a set of attributes using the validate method . The validation options currently supported are

dim:row,col ------- checks if the matrix dimension matches the option given square --------- checks if the matrix is a square matrix singualr ------- checks if the matrix is a singular matrix

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$matrix = Matrix::make([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]);

$matrix->validate(['square','singular','dim:2,3']);

you can also write closure based validations . it takes two arguments, first is the matrix being validated while the second is a function that is called when the validation returns false to pass the appropriate validation message

<?php

$matrix->validate([functiion($matrix,$fail){
		if($matrix->rowCount() < 1){
			return $fail('matrix row count less than 1');
		}
		return true;
	}]);

the validate method returns a boolean result. For debugging purpose, the package also has a method that returns the validation errors. use validateWithMessage instead

<?php

$matrix->validateWithMessage(['square','dim:2,3',functiion($matrix,$fail){
		if($matrix->rowCount() < 1){
			return $fail('matrix row count less than 1');
		}
		return true;
	}]);