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flamecore/essentials
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Essential helper classes for Social Networking sites

v0.1.0(10y ago)1181ISCPHPPHP >=5.4

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FlameCore Essentials
====================

[](#flamecore-essentials)

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This library provides essential helper classes for Social Networking sites.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Formatters:** Format meta information and text fragments

    Classes: `LinkFormatter`, `RelativeTimeFormatter`
- **Text Parsers:** Parse and format all types of text

    Classes: `SimpleTextParser`, `BBCodeParser`
- **Helpers:** Many useful helper classes

    Classes: `KeywordsFinder`, `Slugifier`, `WordlistGenerator`

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

[](#installation)

### Install via Composer

[](#install-via-composer)

Create a file called `composer.json` in your project directory and put the following into it:

```
{
    "require": {
        "flamecore/essentials": "0.1.*"
    }
}

```

[Install Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix) if you don't already have it present on your system:

```
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

```

Use Composer to [download the vendor libraries](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#using-composer) and generate the vendor/autoload.php file:

```
$ php composer.phar install

```

To make use of the API, include the vendor autoloader and use the classes:

```
namespace Acme\MyApplication;

use FlameCore\Essentials\KeywordsFinder;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

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

[](#requirements)

- You must have at least PHP version 5.4 installed on your system.

Contributors
------------

[](#contributors)

If you want to contribute, please see the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) file first.

Thanks to the contributors:

- Christian Neff (secondtruth)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

3941d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/82268b2432ab90f14c62445938bc3cd1340dc66e0463035df57891826b418016?d=identicon)[secondtruth](/maintainers/secondtruth)

---

Top Contributors

[![secondtruth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/416441?v=4)](https://github.com/secondtruth "secondtruth (26 commits)")

---

Tags

php-librarysocial-webhelpertoolscommunitysocial network

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