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bfunky/ascii
============

A library to validate strings and transliterate to ascii encoding

1.0.8(7y ago)143.1k↓100%1MITPHPPHP >=7.0

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Ascii
=====

[](#ascii)

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A library to validate strings and transliterate to ascii encoding

Usage as static class
---------------------

[](#usage-as-static-class)

### Validate if given value is a valid ascii string

[](#validate-if-given-value-is-a-valid-ascii-string)

```
//returns true
$result = Ascii::isValid('this string is valid');

//returns false
$result = Ascii::isValid('cette chaîne est valide');
```

### Transliterate a string

[](#transliterate-a-string)

```
//print `cette chaine est valide`
echo Ascii::transliterate('cette chaîne est valide');
```

Usage creating an instance
--------------------------

[](#usage-creating-an-instance)

### Validate if given value is a valid ascii string

[](#validate-if-given-value-is-a-valid-ascii-string-1)

```
$ascii = new Ascii();

//returns true
$result = $ascii->isValid('this string is valid');

//returns false
$result = $ascii->isValid('cette chaîne est valide');
```

### Transliterate a string

[](#transliterate-a-string-1)

```
$ascii = new Ascii();
//print `cette chaine est valide`
echo $ascii->transliterate('cette chaîne est valide');
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

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 ~33 days

Recently: every ~61 days

Total

9

Last Release

2739d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

encodeasciitransliterateurl-encodeiconv alternativelink encoderemove accentsspecial chars

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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