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goblindegook/delimiter-align
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Aligns and rebalances plain text multiline strings around a delimiter.

0.2.0(10y ago)21571PHP

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[](#goblindegookdelimiter-align-)

Aligns and rebalances plain text multiline strings around a delimiter.

In short, it turns this:

```
one: 1
two: 2
three: 3

```

into this:

```
one:   1
two:   2
three: 3

```

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

[](#installation)

Install using Composer by running the following in your project directory:

```
$ composer require goblindegook/delimiter-align

```

Description
-----------

[](#description)

```
string delimiter_align ( string $string [, string $delimiter ] [, array $options ] );
```

Aligns and rebalances plain text multiline strings around a delimiter.

### Parameters

[](#parameters)

#### `string`

[](#string)

Multiline string to align.

#### `delimiter`

[](#delimiter)

Boundary string to align around. (Optional, defaults to `:`.)

#### `options`

[](#options)

Alignment options:

OptionDescriptionDefault`before`String prepended to the padded delimiter.(empty)`after`String appended to the padded delimiter.`' '``pad`Padding character.`' '``right`Align the delimiter by placing padding on the left.`false`### Return Value

[](#return-value)

Returns the `string` aligned around the provided `delimiter`.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Every ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

3927d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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