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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. alecrabbit/php-wcwidth ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) alecrabbit/php-wcwidth ====================== Calculate width of unicode strings rendered to a terminal 1.0.0(2y ago)437.8k↓43.9%[4 PRs](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/pulls)3MITPHPPHP >=8.2 Since May 17Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth)[ RSS](/packages/alecrabbit-php-wcwidth/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (12)Used By (3) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡Ό PHP Wide Character Width ============================= [](#--php-wide-character-width) [![PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/281b2673207b62f55500f01c88f17e386fc6d0d24fd0887effc40dae7ce4f752/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f6465762d6d61737465722e737667)](https://php.net)[![Build Status](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/actions) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4f9eb10e570bacd7efd7f83169e2676f4745ec6fabfcc476420e7201ead4d5b8/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f6261646765732f6275696c642e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/build-status/master)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5e98279ff7298d7cce75c3d344680f10772aee37db37c2e6ea427675989b9fac/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/?branch=master)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7f1d63a83a91c2bb43534116cb3f6e6afa2dd7ba108ba8d6dccce710a3d43202/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth/?branch=master) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1943345939e95fe451d5050091fd734af2f4c36248feaa65954229cf05cee68b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/98abb84c379f447c53bb72d98b0e177f8f1ba7262b50f4e5817cd181b913cbe3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8f9add940e838ff60edb50731222ecec89d30171b42b84c880f68e70e8a5b63e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cd809044f4db39618aa109918fe63b6fd780ee579e1f06828295c0130c0a5347/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d46d78f5e12dee97440565a6c56f312aba2d4bd4757e21769529d4b4808ec2c0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f616c65637261626269742f7068702d776377696474682f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/alecrabbit/php-wcwidth) > This is kinda port of python's [jquast/wcwidth](https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth) [🌐 Unicode release files](src/File/versions.md) - [Installation](#installation) - [Quick start](#quickstart) - [Usage](doc/usage.md) - [FFI Extension](#ffi-extension) ### Installation [](#-installation) ``` $ composer require alecrabbit/php-wcwidth ``` ### Quick start [](#-quick-start) ``` use function AlecRabbit\WcWidth\wcwidth; use function AlecRabbit\WcWidth\wcswidth; echo wcwidth('a'); // 1 echo wcwidth('Γ©'); // 1 echo wcwidth('🐘'); // 2 echo wcswidth('🐘🐘🐘'); // 6 echo wcwidth('🐘🐘🐘'); // 2 - only first char is considered ``` > see [doc/usage.md](doc/usage.md) for more details. ### FFI extension [](#-ffi-extension) > **Note** ‼️ Experimental feature. For improved performance, consider leveraging the Foreign Function Interface (`FFI`) extension, if available. To enable this feature, set the `USE_FFI` environment variable to `true`. ``` USE_FFI=true ``` > **Note** When using `ffi` extension `version` value is ignored completely. ### Health Score 39 β€” LowBetter than 84% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates β€” may be unmaintained Popularity33 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity75 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits β€” single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** β€” Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** β€” Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** β€” Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** β€” Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~305 days Total 5 Last Release 1017d ago Major Versions 0.1.x-dev β†’ 1.0.0-BETA.22023-09-20 PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.8PHP >=7.2 1.0.0-BETA.2PHP >=8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11045453?v=4)[Alec](/maintainers/alecrabbit)[@alecrabbit](https://github.com/alecrabbit) --- Top Contributors [![alecrabbit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11045453?v=4)](https://github.com/alecrabbit "alecrabbit (339 commits)") --- Tags phpunicodewcswidthwcwidthphpcliconsolewcwidthwcswidth ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/alecrabbit-php-wcwidth/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/alecrabbit-php-wcwidth/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/alecrabbit-php-wcwidth) ``` ### Alternatives [nunomaduro/termwind It's like Tailwind CSS, but for the console. 2.5k271.5M386](/packages/nunomaduro-termwind)[nunomaduro/laravel-console-task Laravel Console Task is a output method for your Laravel/Laravel Zero commands. 2592.3M13](/packages/nunomaduro-laravel-console-task)[alecrabbit/php-console-spinner Extremely flexible spinner for \[async\] php cli applications 24038.0k2](/packages/alecrabbit-php-console-spinner)[mehrancodes/laravel-harbor A CLI tool to Quickly create On-Demand preview environment for your apps. 10097.5k](/packages/mehrancodes-laravel-harbor)[php-school/learn-you-php An introduction to PHP's core features: i/o, http, arrays, exceptions and so on. 3202.0k](/packages/php-school-learn-you-php)[alecrabbit/php-cli-snake Lightweight cli spinner with zero dependencies 29216.7k5](/packages/alecrabbit-php-cli-snake) PHPackages Β© 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)