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cjrasmussen/string
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Simple functions for string manipulation and analysis

2.0.1(1y ago)02952MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Sep 17Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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String
======

[](#string)

Simple functions for string manipulation and analysis.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\String\Check;
use cjrasmussen\String\Convert;
use cjrasmussen\String\Parse;

$string = Parse::filterChars('I have 5 apples', Parse::FILTER_NUM);
echo $string; // 5

$json = Check::isJson('This is not JSON');
echo $json; // false

echo Convert::booleanToYesNo(false); // No
echo Convert::booleanToYesNo(true); // Yes
```

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

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/string to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/string
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

String is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance45

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~136 days

Recently: every ~151 days

Total

13

Last Release

424d ago

Major Versions

1.2.6 → 2.0.02025-03-19

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

1.2.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![cjrasmussen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15007730?v=4)](https://github.com/cjrasmussen "cjrasmussen (14 commits)")

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Tags

string

###  Code Quality

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