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heartsentwined/utf8
===================

A collection of utf8-related functions

v2.0.4(9y ago)0133ISCPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Sep 8Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Yalesov\\Utf8
=============

[](#yalesovutf8)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e222d33682082d2507f4390830e43d5c795333093e27a527927d50dca01d1c7e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f79616c65736f762f7068702d757466382e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/yalesov/php-utf8)

A collection of utf8-related functions.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

[Composer](http://getcomposer.org/):

```
{
  "require": {
    "yalesov/utf8": "2.*"
  }
}
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Utf-8 version of [chr](http://php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php):

```
use Yalesov\Utf8\Utf8;
$char = Utf8::uchr($num);
```

Utf-8 version of [ord](http://php.net/manual/en/function.ord.php):

```
use Yalesov\Utf8\Utf8;
$num = Utf8::uord($char);
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~199 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

3594d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → v2.0.02016-07-05

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e2fd4399d9df9ec84c5064fc5b9fcdaa3e6edf9049882227efa46f24b40db67b?d=identicon)[heartsentwined](/maintainers/heartsentwined)

---

Top Contributors

[![yalesov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20264293?v=4)](https://github.com/yalesov "yalesov (8 commits)")

---

Tags

utf-8utf8

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/heartsentwined-utf8/health.svg)

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