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carloscarucce/mb-str-pad
========================

Binary safe behavior for str\_pad

v1.1(3y ago)0155MITPHP

Since May 24Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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mb\_str\_pad()
==============

[](#mb_str_pad)

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
composer require carloscarucce/mb-str-pad

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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

$input = 'My text';
$length = 20;
$padding = ' '; // Optional. Default: ' '
$padType = STR_PAD_RIGHT; // Optional. Use STR_PAD_RIGHT, STR_PAD_LEFT or STR_PAD_BOTH. Default: STR_PAD_RIGHT
$encoding = null; //Optional. Default: null

$result = mb_str_pad($input, $length, $padding, $padType, $encoding);
var_dump($result); // string(20) "My text             "
```

Run tests:
----------

[](#run-tests)

```
composer test

```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~7 days

Total

2

Last Release

1441d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5069326?v=4)[Carlos Alberto Bertholdo Carucce](/maintainers/carloscarucce)[@carloscarucce](https://github.com/carloscarucce)

---

Top Contributors

[![carloscarucce](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5069326?v=4)](https://github.com/carloscarucce "carloscarucce (5 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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