In first place, if you want to contribute code to php-bignumbers, you should have installed some PHP version, preferably recent versions (PHP>=5.4, but recommended PHP>=5.6), or HHVM.
If you don't know where to start, you can try searching inside the issues list. Specially the ones marked with the help wanted tag.
Some extra advices related on good practices:
- We try to follow the PSR standards, in special PSR-1, PSR-2 and PSR-4.
- Every new added feature should come with unit tests, stability and code correctness is an important priority of this project.
If you want to contribute documentation, you're welcome! :) , BUT, actually the documentation is pretty bad, and it's perfectly undersandable that this task isn't very attractive.
A very important part of every software project is the bugs tracking and solving process. You can send us bug reports through the tracker.
It's desirable that every bug report explains the bug in a way that the developers can easily reproduce it. The following points are very helpful in order to achieve reproducibility:
- Example code.
- php-bignumbers version.
- PHP version
You can use the github tracker to send us new ideas, even if those ideas aren't bug reports. In such case, adding something like "SUGGESTION: ...", "IMPROVEMENT: ..." to the report bug it's a good idea.
You can also discuss your ideas with us in our Gitter chat room.