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derrabus/ereg-shim
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Replacement for the ereg legacy php extension.

v1.1.0(5y ago)1198.1k↑31%MITPHP >=5.3

Since Dec 31Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/derrabus/php-ereg-shim)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/derrabus/ereg-shim)[ RSS](/packages/derrabus-ereg-shim/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~387 days

Total

4

Last Release

1898d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0PHP ^5.3 || ^7

v1.0.2PHP ^5.3 || ^7 || ^8

v1.1.0PHP >=5.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![derrabus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1506493?v=4)](https://github.com/derrabus "derrabus (25 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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