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anekdotes/formatter
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Utility to format whole Input using provided rules

3.0.0(4y ago)0499MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

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Anekdotes Formatter
===================

[](#anekdotes-formatter)

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Utility to format whole Input using provided rules

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via composer into your project:

```
composer require anekdotes/formatter

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use the formatter, include its namespace through Composer, then call its namespace and provide it with an data input and a rule input.

Exemple :

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["formPhoneNumber" => "1234567890"];
    $rules = ["formPhoneNumber" => ["phoneNumber"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["formPhoneNumber" => "(123) 456-7890"]
```

Rules
-----

[](#rules)

Here's a list of the usable rules :

### postalCode

[](#postalcode)

Convert into a postal code following this format : A1A 1A1

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["form" => "j6z1b2"];
    $rules = ["form" => ["postalCode"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["formPhoneNumber" => "J6Z 1B2"]
```

### phoneNumber

[](#phonenumber)

Convert into a phone number following the format 111, 111-1111 or (111) 111-1111

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["formPhoneNumber" => "1234567890"];
    $rules = ["formPhoneNumber" => ["phoneNumber"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => "(123) 456-7890"]
```

### float

[](#float)

Cuts the characters following a float

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["form" => "122.2abc"];
    $rules = ["form" => ["float"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => "122.2"]
```

### int

[](#int)

Cuts the character following an integer

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["form" => "122.2abc"];
    $rules = ["form" => ["int"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => 122]
```

### integer

[](#integer)

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["form" => "122.2abc"];
    $rules = ["form" => ["integer"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => 122]
```

### website

[](#website)

Append an http:// to a website.

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["form" => "www.anekdotes.com"];
    $rules = ["form" => ["website"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => "http://www.anekdotes.com"]
```

Combining Rules
---------------

[](#combining-rules)

You can chain multiple rules to apply them on top of each other

```
    use Anekdotes\Formatter\Formatter;
    $input = ["formPhoneNumber" => "1234567890abcsefg"];
    $rules = ["formPhoneNumber" => ["int", "phoneNumber"]];
    $formattedOutput = Formatter::make($input, $rules);
    // $formattedOutput is now ["form" => "(123) 456-7890"]
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68% 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 ~325 days

Recently: every ~486 days

Total

7

Last Release

1679d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02016-07-18

2.0.5 → 3.0.02021-11-24

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

3.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17788771?v=4)[Anekdotes](/maintainers/anekdotes)[@anekdotes](https://github.com/anekdotes)

---

Top Contributors

[![franatieu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4522233?v=4)](https://github.com/franatieu "franatieu (17 commits)")[![Grasseh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2159610?v=4)](https://github.com/Grasseh "Grasseh (7 commits)")[![punkaid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4768849?v=4)](https://github.com/punkaid "punkaid (1 commits)")

---

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