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ericmakesstuff/display-name
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A simple package to show user's real names in a variety of Web-safe ways, i.e. Eric B. or E B. Also includes a Laravel Facade.

1.0.1(11y ago)4677MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 17Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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DisplayName
===========

[](#displayname)

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A simple package to show user's real names in a variety of Web-safe ways, i.e. Eric B. or E B. Also includes a Laravel Facade.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require ericmakesstuff/display-name
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$displayName = new EricMakesStuff\DisplayName\DisplayName();
echo $displayName->fullName('John Smith'); // John Smith
echo $displayName->firstName('John Smith'); // John
echo $displayName->firstNameLastInitial('John Smith'); // John S
echo $displayName->firstNameLastInitialWithPeriod('John Smith'); // John S.
echo $displayName->initials('John Smith'); // JS
echo $displayName->initialsWithPeriods('John Smith'); // J.S.
echo $displayName->initialsWithSpaces('John Smith'); // J S
echo $displayName->format('John Smith', 'initials'); // JS
```

Laravel Facade
--------------

[](#laravel-facade)

Include the Service Provider in config/app.php

```
'EricMakesStuff\DisplayName\DisplayNameServiceProvider',
```

Include the Facade in config/app.php

```
'DisplayName' => 'EricMakesStuff\DisplayName\Facades\DisplayName',
```

Use the facade

```
DisplayName::firstName('John Smith') // John
DisplayName::format('John Smith', 'initials') // JS
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email eric at ericmakesstuff dot com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Eric Blount](https://github.com/eblount)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4019d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/34b37c820dfa62fdb44575c0056b47f97cdb77364cf7687eb3ab1a81bbd12a24?d=identicon)[eblount](/maintainers/eblount)

---

Top Contributors

[![eblount](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1424719?v=4)](https://github.com/eblount "eblount (15 commits)")

---

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