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cogpowered/shortener
====================

Encodes integers as short string and back. Useful in URL shorteners.

0.0.2(13y ago)42391MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 14Pushed 13y ago3 watchersCompare

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Shortener
=========

[](#shortener)

Currently this is a port of [jakoubek/php-recordlocator](https://github.com/jakoubek/php-recordlocator).

It has been tidied up, namespaced and proper [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) support added.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c15791136d599825a18cb966fe73ad2bc9298acc84eb9587a5559cde885709ab/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f636f67706f77657265642f53686f7274656e65722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/cogpowered/Shortener)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$shortener = new cogpowered\Shortener\Shortener;
echo $shortener->encode(81906);
echo $shortener->decode('4IZL');
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

4805d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

urlconvertencodingintegershortenernumberid

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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