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gaming-engine/string-tools
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String Helper libraries

1.0.1(4y ago)17.4k↓91.7%MITPHPPHP ^8.0|^8.1CI failing

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PHP String Tools
================

[](#php-string-tools)

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A quick and easy helper for handling templated strings in PHP.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require gaming-engine/string-tools
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$text = \GamingEngine\StringTools\StringHelper::template(
    'text-{variable}-{values}',
    [
        'variable' => 'hi',
        'values' => 'bye',
    ]
);

// Yields - text-hi-bye
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

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

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Andrew Judd](https://github.com/gaming-engine)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~62 days

Total

2

Last Release

1719d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6c1a37465afdee14b2740a387deaae40ac376e38015db7af98f90b7fd97fed22?d=identicon)[awjudd](/maintainers/awjudd)

---

Top Contributors

[![awjudd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1910996?v=4)](https://github.com/awjudd "awjudd (3 commits)")

---

Tags

phpstringtemplatingstringgaming-engine

###  Code Quality

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