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erlandmuchasaj/sanitize
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A package to sanitize your input.

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PHP sanitize
============

[](#php-sanitize)

This is a PHP package that helps to sanitize your input when performing search queries to DB. It cleans the input from all malicious characters.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require erlandmuchasaj/sanitize
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Sanitize library offers a sanitize method that takes a parameter a dirty string parameter and return a cleaned string.

```
use ErlandMuchasaj\Sanitize\Sanitize;

$dirtyString = 'Hello - World';

$sanitizedString = Sanitize::sanitize($dirtyString);

// do something with the sanitized text
// you can: $words = explode(' ', $sanitizedString);
// and search the DB per each word.
```

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Support me
----------

[](#support-me)

I invest a lot of time and resources into creating [best in class open source packages](https://github.com/erlandmuchasaj?tab=repositories).

If you found this package helpful you can show support by clicking on the following button below and donating some amount to help me work on these projects frequently.

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[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

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

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

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

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Erland Muchasaj](https://github.com/erlandmuchasaj)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

49

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~178 days

Recently: every ~263 days

Total

7

Last Release

108d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d7469281a88a626e0fa6ba92fad648de2d1151e931b0ef844446539aa73660a?d=identicon)[erlandmuchasaj](/maintainers/erlandmuchasaj)

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Top Contributors

[![erlandmuchasaj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6152399?v=4)](https://github.com/erlandmuchasaj "erlandmuchasaj (18 commits)")

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Tags

cleanupinput-validationphpprepare-inputsanitizepackagelibrarycleaninputEscapesanitize

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