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featherbb/php-utf-8
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A library for UTF-8 in PHP providing UTF-8 aware functions to mirror PHP's own string functions. The library doesn't require PHP mbstring extension although, if found, it will use it to gain performance.

1.2.3(10y ago)0127↓100%1LGPL-2.1PHP >=5.4.0

Since Oct 2Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/featherbb/php-utf-8)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/featherbb/php-utf-8)[ Docs](https://github.com/corpsee/php-utf-8)[ RSS](/packages/featherbb-php-utf-8/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

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 ~137 days

Recently: every ~164 days

Total

10

Last Release

3369d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.2.0PHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

utf-8i18nutf8unicode

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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