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code-and-commits/patch-apply
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Generate and apply diffs to strings

0.1.0(5y ago)01ISCPHPPHP ^7.4

Since Oct 12Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Patch Apply
===========

[](#patch-apply)

Apply diff files to text programmatically

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$patcher = new PatchApply\Patcher();
$output = $patcher->apply($input, $diff);
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity1

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2089d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5079595?v=4)[Anthony Porthouse](/maintainers/AnthonyPorthouse)[@AnthonyPorthouse](https://github.com/AnthonyPorthouse)

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Top Contributors

[![AnthonyPorthouse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5079595?v=4)](https://github.com/AnthonyPorthouse "AnthonyPorthouse (7 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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