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chillerlan/php-base32
=====================

A base32 implementation. PHP 5.6+, PHP 7

1.1.0(10y ago)02.2kMITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Dec 6Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-base32
==========

[](#php-base32)

A Base32 implementation based on the one by [Shannon Wynter](https://fremnet.net/article/215/class-base32).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6+, PHP 7

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

[](#installation)

### Using [composer](https://getcomposer.org)

[](#using-composer)

*Terminal*

```
composer require chillerlan/php-base32:dev-master
```

*composer.json*

```
{
	"require": {
		"php": ">=5.6.0",
		"chillerlan/php-base32": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

### Manual installation

[](#manual-installation)

Download the desired version of the package from [master](https://github.com/codemasher/php-base32/archive/master.zip)and extract the contents to your project folder. Point the namespace `chillerlan/Base32` to the folder `src` of the package.

Profit!

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~84 days

Total

2

Last Release

3813d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/592497?v=4)[smiley](/maintainers/codemasher)[@codemasher](https://github.com/codemasher)

---

Top Contributors

[![codemasher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/592497?v=4)](https://github.com/codemasher "codemasher (16 commits)")

---

Tags

base32

###  Code Quality

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