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cline/relex
===========

A powerful, fluent regex library for PHP with Pattern value objects, named captures, and comprehensive PCRE support

2.0.2(2mo ago)00MITPHPPHP ^8.4.0CI passing

Since Mar 4Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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---

Relex is an elegant library for working with regular expressions in PHP. It provides a clean, fluent API that wraps PHP's preg\_\* functions with immutable value objects and expressive methods.

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

[](#requirements)

> **Requires [PHP 8.4+](https://php.net/releases/)**

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/relex
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- **[Getting Started](https://docs.cline.sh/relex/getting-started)** - Installation, configuration, and basic concepts
- **[Basic Usage](https://docs.cline.sh/relex/basic-usage)** - Matching, replacing, splitting, and common operations
- **[Pattern Builder](https://docs.cline.sh/relex/pattern-builder)** - Building patterns with modifiers and fluent API
- **[Value Objects](https://docs.cline.sh/relex/value-objects)** - Working with MatchResult, MatchAllResult, ReplaceResult, and SplitResult

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the [GitHub security reporting form](https://github.com/faustbrian/relex/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~25 days

Total

5

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02026-03-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)[Brian Faust](/maintainers/faustbrian)[@faustbrian](https://github.com/faustbrian)

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Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (9 commits)")

---

Tags

phpregexPCREregular expressionpregpatternMatchreplace

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