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asm89/plusminus-parser
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Parses ++ and -- messages from strings

2.0.0(5y ago)28372MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0CI failing

Since Jan 14Pushed 5y ago4 watchersCompare

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plusminus-parser
================

[](#plusminus-parser)

A small library to parse ++ and -- messages. For example:

```
asm89 | qbot++
 qbot | current score for qbot: 1337
asm89 | [it handles spaces]++
 qbot | current score for it handles spaces: 42

```

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

[](#installation)

Run:

```
composer require asm89/plusminus-parser

```

or add it to your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create a parser and pass it the matchers you want to use.

```
$parser = new Asm89\PlusMinus\MessageParser([
    new Asm89\PlusMinus\WordMatcher(0),
    new Asm89\PlusMinus\BracketMatcher(1), // bracket items take priority
]):

/** @return null|Item */
$item = $parser->parse($message);

// item API
$item->getValue();
$item->isMinus();
$item->isPlus();
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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 ~2557 days

Total

2

Last Release

1946d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02021-01-14

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/78fcc60c1d576c1f19a4c03297931f879354efbb7e054318ffe391a2a2f0a274?d=identicon)[asm89](/maintainers/asm89)

---

Top Contributors

[![othillo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2786663?v=4)](https://github.com/othillo "othillo (3 commits)")[![asm89](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/657357?v=4)](https://github.com/asm89 "asm89 (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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