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barouge/strings
===============

A library that extends PHP's native string functionality

1.0.0(2y ago)04mitPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Aug 24Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Extensions to PHP native string functionality
=============================================

[](#extensions-to-php-native-string-functionality)

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A library that extends PHP's native string functionality

Compatibility and dependencies
------------------------------

[](#compatibility-and-dependencies)

This library is compatible with PHP version `8.2`.

This library has no dependencies.

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

[](#installation)

Installation is simple using composer.

```
composer require barogue/strings
```

Or simply add it to your `composer.json` file

```
{
    "require": {
        "barogue/strings": "^1.0"
    }
}
```

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

[](#contributing)

This library follows [PSR-1](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-1/) & [PSR-2](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) standards.

#### Unit Tests

[](#unit-tests)

Before pushing any changes, please ensure the unit tests are all passing.

If possible, feel free to improve coverage in a separate commit.

```
vendor/bin/phpunit --prepend autoload.php
```

#### Code sniffer

[](#code-sniffer)

Before pushing, please ensure you have run the code sniffer. **Only run it using the lowest support PHP version (7.2)**

```
vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix
```

#### Static Analyses

[](#static-analyses)

Before pushing, please ensure you have run the static analyses tool.

```
vendor/bin/phan
```

#### Benchmarks

[](#benchmarks)

Before pushing, please ensure you have checked the benchmarks and ensured that your code has not introduced any slowdowns.

Feel free to speed up existing code, in a separate commit.

Feel free to add more benchmarks for greater coverage, in a separate commit.

```
vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed
vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed --output=markdown
vendor/bin/phpbench run --report=speed --filter=benchNetFromTax --iterations=50 --revs=50000

vendor/bin/phpbench xdebug:profile
vendor/bin/phpbench xdebug:profile --gui
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

This library adds a number of array functions to extend PHP's native functionality

Below you can find links to the documentation for the new features.

FunctionDescription[str\_case\_camel](documentation/str_case_camel.md)Converts a string to `camelCase`[str\_case\_kebab](documentation/str_case_kebab.md)Converts a string to `kebab-case`[str\_case\_pascal](documentation/str_case_pascal.md)Converts a string to `PascalCase`[str\_case\_sentence](documentation/str_case_sentence.md)Converts a string to `Sentence case`[str\_case\_snake](documentation/str_case_snake.md)Converts a string to `snake_case`[str\_case\_title](documentation/str_case_title.md)Converts a string to `Title Case`[str\_cipher\_caesar](documentation/str_cipher_caesar.md)Transform a string by shifting each letter up or down the alphabet[str\_cipher\_caesar\_reverse](documentation/str_cipher_caesar_reverse.md)Reverse the effects of `str_cipher_caesar`[str\_cipher\_mono\_alphabetic](documentation/str_cipher_mono_alphabetic.md)Transform a string by mapping each letter to another alphabet[str\_contains](documentation/str_contains.md)Determine if a string contains another string[str\_ends\_with](documentation/str_ends_with.md)Determine if a string ends with another string[str\_random](documentation/str_random.md)Creates a string of random characters[str\_slug](documentation/str_slug.md)Converts a string to a slug[str\_starts\_with](documentation/str_starts_with.md)Determine if a string starts with another string

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

998d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62f4942978644437b5ff3d7bd3f6411580413d327b001104acd4914f43ab63b6?d=identicon)[kusabi](/maintainers/kusabi)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpstringsbarouge

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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