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bassim/super-expressive-php
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A PHP port of https://github.com/francisrstokes/super-expressive

v1.0.4(4mo ago)2611.3k7[1 PRs](https://github.com/bassim/super-expressive-php/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI failing

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Super Expressive PHP
====================

[](#super-expressive-php)

**Super Expressive PHP** is a PHP library that allows you to build regular expressions in almost natural language - with no extra dependencies, and a lightweight code footprint.

This library is a port of

Why?
----

[](#why)

Regex is a very powerful tool, but its terse and cryptic vocabulary can make constructing and communicating them with others a challenge. Even developers who understand them well can have trouble reading their own back just a few months later! In addition, they can't be easily created and manipulated in a programmatic way - closing off an entire avenue of dynamic text processing.

That's where **Super Expressive PHP** comes in. It provides a programmatic and human readable way to create regular expressions. It's API uses the [fluent builder pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface), and is completely immutable. It's built to be discoverable and predictable:

- properties and methods describe what they do in plain English
- order matters! quantifiers are specified before the thing they change, just like in English (e.g. `SuperExpressive::create()->exactly(5)->digit()`)
- if you make a mistake, you'll know how to fix it. SuperExpressive will guide you towards a fix if your expression is invalid
- [subexpressions](https://github.com/francisrstokes/super-expressive#subexpressionexpr-opts) can be used to create meaningful, reusable components

SuperExpressive turns those complex and unwieldy regexes that appear in code reviews into something that can be read, understood, and **properly reviewed** by your peers - and maintained by anyone!

For the complete API documentation, visit

Example
-------

[](#example)

The following example recognises and captures the value of a 16-bit hexadecimal number like `0xC0D3`.

```
$myRegex = SuperExpressive::create()
  ->startOfInput()
  ->optional()->string('0x')
  ->capture()
    ->exactly(4)->anyOf()
      ->range('A', 'F')
      ->range('a', 'f')
      ->range('0', '9')
    ->end()
  ->end()
  ->endOfInput()
  ->toRegexString();

// Produces the following regular expression:
/^(?:0x)?([A-Fa-f0-9]{4})$/
```

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require bassim/super-expressive-php
```

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.8% 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 ~396 days

Recently: every ~494 days

Total

6

Last Release

129d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02020-08-09

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.4

v1.0.3PHP ^7.4|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Type Coverage Yes

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