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antalaron/mb-similar-text
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PHP similar\_text() function for UTF-8

v1.0.2(8y ago)598.0k↓11.8%MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Sep 20Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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MbSimilarText
=============

[](#mbsimilartext)

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This project provides the missing `mb_similar_text()` function for UTF-8.

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

[](#installation)

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this library:

```
$ composer require antalaron/mb-similar-text
```

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the [installation chapter](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)of the Composer documentation.

License
=======

[](#license)

This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3162d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/464e80a7b766518129809bfb8ac8b22e8c51d274d66f2423d66520772413134c?d=identicon)[antalaron](/maintainers/antalaron)

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Top Contributors

[![antalaron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9386504?v=4)](https://github.com/antalaron "antalaron (11 commits)")

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Tags

multibyte-stringsphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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