composer.json

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
 	"autoload": {
 		 "psr-4": {
 			"Twister\\": "src/"
-		}
-	}
+		},
+        "files": [
+            "helpers.php"
+        ]
+	},
+    "suggest": {
+        "symfony/var-dumper": "Pretty print complex values better with var-dumper available",
+        "filp/whoops": "Interactive error and exception handling",
+        "jdorn/sql-formatter": "SQL query highlighting",
+        "vrana/adminer": "Database management in a single PHP file."
+    }
 }

helpers.php

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ *	MIT License
+ *
+ *	Copyright (c) 2017 Trevor Herselman <therselman@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ *	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ *	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ *	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ *	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ *	furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ *	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ *	copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ *	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ *	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ *	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ *	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ *	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ *	SOFTWARE.
+ */
+/**
+ *	global helper functions
+ *
+ *	@package     twister/twister
+ *	@author      Trevor Herselman <therselman@gmail.com>
+ *	@copyright   Copyright (c) 2017 Trevor Herselman
+ *	@license     http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ *	@link        https://github.com/twister-php/twister
+ */
+
+if ( ! function_exists('collect')) {
+	function collect($members)
+	{
+		return new Twister\ORM\Collection($members);
+	}
+}