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axisofstevil/stop-words
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A library for managing and filtering text with stop words

1.0.0(3y ago)8128.5k↓40.5%2[1 PRs](https://github.com/axisofstevil/stop-words/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.0

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A library for managing and filtering text with stop words
=========================================================

[](#a-library-for-managing-and-filtering-text-with-stop-words)

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require axisofstevil/stop-words
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$filter = new Axisofstevil\StopWords\Filter();
echo $filter->cleanText('A Walk to Remember'); // 'Walk Remember'

$filter->setWords(array('a','walk','to'));
echo $filter->cleanText('A Walk to Remember'); // 'Remember'

$filter->mergeWords(array('remember'));
echo $filter->cleanText('A Walk to Remember'); // ''
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Steven Maguire](https://github.com/stevenmaguire)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~2787 days

Total

2

Last Release

1371d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02022-08-17

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

filteringstop words

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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