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arif-rh/profanity-filter
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Filter bad words and profanities.

v1.0.1(5y ago)011.1kMITPHPPHP >=7.2

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Profanity Filter
================

[](#profanity-filter)

A simple class to test if a string has a profanity in it.

Note:

- This package is extended version from [DeveloperDino\\ProfanityFilter](https://github.com/developerdino/ProfanityFilter), with some extra new features.

NEW FEATURE
-----------

[](#new-feature)

---

- `cleanWords` : obfuscate only the bad words, original package will obfuscate all sentence [see this issue](https://github.com/developerdino/ProfanityFilter/issues/20). ```
    // assume that 'badword' is a bad word
    $words = 'This is a badword';

    echo $check->cleanWords($words);
    // output -> This is a *******

    echo $check->cleanWords($words, '+');
    // output -> This is a +++++++

    ```
- `getBadWordsfound` -> get bad word string from check ```
    // assume that 'badword' is a bad word
    $words = 'This is a badword';

    $check->hasProfanity($words);
    echo $check->getBadWordsFound();
    // output -> badword

    ```
- Whitelists : Set some whitelist word to fix [false positive issue](https://github.com/developerdino/ProfanityFilter/issues/21) filter ```
    // Set whitelist when initialize the class
    $filter = new Check($profinities, $whitelist);

    See `NotProfaneTest` to see more example of whitelist test

    ```

Checks performed
----------------

[](#checks-performed)

### Straight matching

[](#straight-matching)

Checks string for profanity as it is against list of bad words. E.g. `badword`

### Substitution

[](#substitution)

Checks string for profanity with characters substituted for each letter. E.g. `bâdΨ0rd`

### Obscured

[](#obscured)

Checks string for profanity obscured with punctuation between. E.g. `b|a|d|w|o|r|d`

### Doubled

[](#doubled)

Check string for profanity that has characters doubled up. E.g. `bbaaddwwoorrdd`

### Combinations

[](#combinations)

Also works with combinations of the above. E.g. `b|â|d|Ψ|0|rr|d`

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

[](#installation)

Install this package via composer.

```
php composer.phar require developer/profanity-filter

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
/* default constructor */
$check = new Check();
$hasProfanity = $check->hasProfanity($badWords);
$cleanWords = $check->obfuscateIfProfane($badWords);

/* customized word list from file */
$check = new Check('path.to/wordlist.php');

/* customized word list from array */
$badWords = array('bad', 'words'); // or load from db
$check = new Check($badWords);
```

### License

[](#license)

ProfanityFilter is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2052d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

profanityProfanity Filterbad word cleanerprofanity check

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