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descom/file\_encoding
=====================

PHP class to encode files

1.0.1(8y ago)11412[1 PRs](https://github.com/descom-es/php-file-encoding/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

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PHP convert files encoding
==========================

[](#php-convert-files-encoding)

PHP class to convert files encoding

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install it with composer:

```
composer require descom/file_encoding
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
encodeFile($file, $encoding_to, $encodings_detected);
```

This is an example:

```
use Descom\File\Encoding;

$codification = new Encoding();

$file = 'file.txt';
$encoding_to = 'UTF-8';
$encodings_detected = 'UTF-8,ISO-8859-1,WINDOWS-1252';

$result = $codification->encodeFile($file, $encoding_to, $encodings_detected);
```

Encoding values
---------------

[](#encoding-values)

### Allowed encodings

[](#allowed-encodings)

### Default values

[](#default-values)

```
$encoding_to = 'UTF-8';
$encodings_detected = 'UTF-8,ISO-8859-1,WINDOWS-1252';
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.7% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3027d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

encodefilephpphputf-8encodingencodeISO-8859-1convert file encoding

###  Code Quality

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