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danielme85/laravel-forceutf8
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Simple Laravel 5 service class for neitanod's forceutf8. https://github.com/neitanod/forceutf8

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laravel-forceutf8
=================

[](#laravel-forceutf8)

Simple Laravel 5 service class for neitanod's forceutf8:

### Install

[](#install)

Add to composer.json

```
"require": {
        "danielme85/laravel-forceutf8": "dev-master",
        ....
}

```

**If you use Laravel 5.5+ you could skip the next step as Composer/Laravel Auto-discovery has been enabled for this package.**

#### Laravel 5.x

[](#laravel-5x)

Add to your config/app.php under Service Providers

```
//Service Provider
danielme85\ForceUTF8\ForceUTF8ServiceProvider::class,
//Facade
'Encoding'  => danielme85\ForceUTF8\Encoding::class,

```

#### Lumen 5.x

[](#lumen-5x)

Add to your boostrap/app.php file

```
$app->register(danielme85\ForceUTF8\ForceUTF8ServiceProvider::class);
...
$app->configure('app');
...
class_alias('danielme85\ForceUTF8\Encoding', 'Encoding');
$app->withFacades();

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
use danielme85\ForceUTF8\Encoding;
...
$newstring = Encoding::toUTF8($string);

```

Chekout neitanod's repo for more information on how to use the Encoding class:

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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