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ajf/escapes
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Bareword escapes!

v1.0.1(11y ago)12291MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 22Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/escapes)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ajf/escapes)[ Docs](http://github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/escapes)[ RSS](/packages/ajf-escapes/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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**escapes** is a wee library for PHP 5.3+ that lets you use escapes as barewords, like so:

```
echo 'hello, world', \n;
echo 'I', \t, 'love', \t, 'tabs!', \n;
echo 'In Europe, they use ', \xE2, \x82, \xAC, ' (the Euro)', \n;

```

Supports the e, f, n, r, t, v and xXX (hex digits case-insensitive) escapes.

Install it with composer, just require `ajf/escapes`.

If you *actually* use this... dear god the future isn't bright

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~25 days

Total

2

Last Release

4137d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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