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dixflatlinr/preg\_return
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Preg\_match that returns the result(s) of your choice.

1.0.1(2y ago)0471BSD-3-ClausePHP >=7.4.0

Since Feb 9Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/dixflatlinr/preg_return)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dixflatlinr/preg_return)[ Docs](https://github.com/dixflatlinr/preg_return)[ RSS](/packages/dixflatlinr-preg-return/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~155 days

Total

2

Last Release

1038d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f40e70da5731bf2dc9321ed671b80c1dc156c40d79a910bb03cf170022b129c9?d=identicon)[dixflatlinr](/maintainers/dixflatlinr)

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Top Contributors

[![dixflatlinr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17043913?v=4)](https://github.com/dixflatlinr "dixflatlinr (6 commits)")

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Tags

regexPCREpreg\_matchpreg\_match\_allpreg\_replacepreg\_returnpreg\_return\_allpreg\_return\_replacepregReturnpregReturnAllpregReturnReplace

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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