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dnaber/string-theory
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Objective multi-byte string handling

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StringType Theory
=================

[](#stringtype-theory)

Objective multi-byte string handling in PHP.

public API
----------

[](#public-api)

### `StringTheory\Type\StringType`

[](#stringtheorytypestringtype)

The basic string interface.

### `StringTheory\Type\MbString`

[](#stringtheorytypembstring)

Implementation of `StringType` for multi-byte strings. Default encoding is set to `UTF-8`.

Example:

```
use StringTheory\Type;

$string = new Type\MbString( '苍天有' );

echo $string[ 0 ]; // 苍
echo $string[ 2 ]; // 有
var_dump( isset( $string[ 3 ] ) ); // false
```

### `StringTheory\Model\Scanner`

[](#stringtheorymodelscanner)

Basic scanner interface that allows a character sequential iteration of a string.

### `StringTheory\Model\MbScanner`

[](#stringtheorymodelmbscanner)

Implementation of the `Scanner` interface for multi-byte strings. Default encoding is set to `UTF-8`.

Example:

```
use StringTheory\Model;

$scanner = new Model\MbScanner( 'abc' );

echo $scanner->current(); // a

$scanner->next();
$scanner->next();
echo $scanner->current(); // c

$scanner->previous();
echo $scanner->current(); // b
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3769d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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utf8stringmulti-bytescanner

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