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crysalead/string
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String manipulation library

2.0.0(10y ago)43.9k↓100%1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jul 21Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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Text - String manipulation library
==================================

[](#text---string-manipulation-library)

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A small library that replaces placeholders into a string template.

API
---

[](#api)

### Replacing some placeholders

[](#replacing-some-placeholders)

```
Text::insert('My name is {:name} and I am {:age} years old.', [
    'name' => 'Bob', 'age' => '65'
]);
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~69 days

Total

3

Last Release

3807d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02015-12-06

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4

1.0.1PHP >=5.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![jails](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1306941?v=4)](https://github.com/jails "jails (13 commits)")

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Tags

string manipulation

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