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clue/caret-notation
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^B A dead-simple PHP library to add caret notation in order to safely show strings that contain ASCII control characters (unprintable characters)

v0.2.0(11y ago)26.2k↑64.3%1[2 issues](https://github.com/clue/php-caret-notation/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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[](#cluecaret-notation-)

^B A dead-simple PHP library to add [caret notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_notation)in order to safely show strings that contain [ASCII control characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_character#In_ASCII)(unprintable characters)

Quickstart example
------------------

[](#quickstart-example)

Once [installed](#install), you can use the following code to use caret notation for any string that (may possibly) contain binary control characters:

```
$encoder = new Encoder();

$string = "Hello\r\nworld\0";
// Output: Hello^M^Jworld^@
echo $encoder->encode($string);

$string = "No control chars";
// Output: No control chars
echo $encoder->encode($string);
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

The recommended way to install this library is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). [New to composer?](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

```
{
    "require": {
        "clue/caret-notation": "~0.2.0"
    }
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community12

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4032d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/776829?v=4)[Christian Lück](/maintainers/clue)[@clue](https://github.com/clue)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

encodingasciibinaryhexdumpcontrol characterscaret notation

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