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fab2s/strings
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A purely static String Helper to handle more advanced utf8 string manipulations

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Strings
=======

[](#strings)

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A purely static String Helper to handle more advanced utf8 string manipulations

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

[](#installation)

`Strings` can be installed using composer:

```
composer require "fab2s/strings"

```

`Strings` is also included in [OpinHelper](https://github.com/fab2s/OpinHelpers) which packages several bellow "Swiss Army Knife" level Helpers covering some of the most annoying aspects of php programing, such as UTF8 string manipulation, high precision Mathematics or properly locking a file

Should you need to work with php bellow 7.1, you can still use [OpinHelper](https://github.com/fab2s/OpinHelpers) `0.x`

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

As it requires `Utf8`, `Strings` requires [mb\_string](https://php.net/mb_string), [ext-intl](https://php.net/intl) is auto detected and used when available for UTF-8 Normalization

In practice
-----------

[](#in-practice)

`Strings` implement some basic text manipulation function that can be pretty useful IRL

- `filter(string $string):string`

    Drops Zero Width white chars, normalizes EOL and Normalize UTF8 if [ext-intl](https://php.net/intl) is available
- `singleWsIze(string $string, bool $normalize = false, bool $includeTabs = true):string`

    Replace repeated white-spaces to a single one, preserve original white-spaces unless normalized (every white-spaces to ' '), with or without tabs (\\t)
- `singleLineIze(string $string):string`

    Make string fit in one line by replacing EOLs and white-spaces to normalized single white-spaces
- `dropZwWs(string $string):string`

    Remove Zero Width white-spaces
- `normalizeWs(string $string, bool $includeTabs = true, int $maxConsecutive = null):string`

    Normalize white-spaces to a single ` ` by default, include tabs by default
- `normalizeEol($string, $maxConsecutive = null, $eol = self::EOL):string`

    Normalize EOLs to a single LF by default
- `normalizeText(string $text):string`

    Return `trim`'d and `filter`'d $text
- `normalizeTitle(string $title):string`

    Return `singleLineIze`'d, `normalizeWs`'d, `normalizeText`'d and `ucfirst`'d $title (`" the best ever \t\r\n article"` -> `"The best ever article"`)
- `normalizeName(string $name):string`

    Return `ucword`'d and `normalizeTitle`'d $name (`"john \n\t doe  "` -> `"John Doe"`)
- `escape(string $string, int $flag = ENT_COMPAT, bool $hardEscape = true):string`

    [htmlspecialchars()](https://php.net/htmlspecialchars) wrapper with UTF8 set as encoding
- `softEscape(string $string, int $flag = ENT_COMPAT):string`

    Shortcut for `escape(string $string, $flag, true)`
- `unEscape(string $string, int $quoteStyle = ENT_COMPAT):string`

    [htmlspecialchars\_decode()](https://php.net/htmlspecialchars_decode) wrapper
- `convert(string $string, string $from = null, string $to = self::ENCODING):string`

    Convert encoding to UTF8 by default. Basic $from encoding detection using `Strings::detectEncoding()`
- `detectEncoding(string $string):string|null`

    Detect encoding by checking `Utf8::isUf8()`, then trying with BOMs and ultimately fall back to [mb\_detect\_encoding()](https://php.net/mb_detect_encoding) with limited charsets first, then more internally in [mb\_convert\_encoding()](https://php.net/mb_convert_encoding)
- `secureCompare(string $test, string $reference):bool`

    Perform a [Timing Attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack) safe string comparison (Truly constant operations comparison)
- `contentHash(string $content):string`

    Return a `sha256` hash of the $content prefixed with $content length. Indented to quickly and reliably detect $content updates.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

`Strings` is tested against php 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0

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

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome, do not hesitate to open issues and submit pull requests.

License
-------

[](#license)

`Strings` is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~317 days

Total

3

Last Release

1797d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.1

1.0.2PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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