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buddhika/detectlang
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Detect the language name by the given string

v1.1.0(6y ago)06[1 PRs](https://github.com/lsnt4/detectlang/pulls)MITPHPCI failing

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DetectLang
==========

[](#detectlang)

Detect the language name by the given string

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
composer require buddhika/detectlang

```

```
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';

$detectlang = new \DetectLang\DetectLang();
$detectlang->set_text('Is මේක a sample text?');
```

```
print_r($detectlang->get_language());
```

```
Array
(
    [en] => 0.66666666666667
)

```

```
print_r($detectlang->get_scores());
```

```
Array
(
    [en] => 0.66666666666667
    [si] => 0.33333333333333
)

```

### Aditional Language Support

[](#aditional-language-support)

Language support can be extended by adding them to the `$languages` array in `DetectLang.php`.

### Disclaimer

[](#disclaimer)

This is a fun project! Don't use this either in production environments or in places where the reliability of the results must be much important.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance53

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2255d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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