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alcamo/string
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Objects behaving as strings

0.6.7(2w ago)03412Apache-2.0PHPPHP 7.3 - 8.5

Since Jun 30Pushed 8mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Supplied classes
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[](#supplied-classes)

Class `StringObject`
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[](#class-stringobject)

Class that behaves much like a string, providing implicit conversion to string, `count()` and `[]` operations. Useful because derived classes can add methods to such "strings".

Class `ReadonlyStringObject`
----------------------------

[](#class-readonlystringobject)

Like `StringObject`, but preventing any changes to the contained string through `[]` operations.

Class `AbstractEnum`
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[](#class-abstractenum)

A derived class must define a public constant `VALUES` containing the valid values. Objects of this class then behave like enumerators in that they are guaranteed to contain one of the valid values.

Class `Expander`
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[](#class-expander)

Simple class that replaces placeholders in text, in PSR-3 and other formats.

###  Health Score

46

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FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~139 days

Recently: every ~316 days

Total

14

Last Release

14d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1PHP 7.3 - 7.4

0.1.1PHP 7.3 - 8.0

0.6.7PHP 7.3 - 8.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

stringobject

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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