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heyupdate/emoji
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Convert unicode and named (i.e. :smile:) Emoji into images

1.0.0(10y ago)55102.4k↓34.3%12[2 issues](https://github.com/heyupdate/Emoji/issues)3MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Emoji
=====

[](#emoji)

Emoji images from unicode characters and names (i.e. `:sunrise:`). Built to work with [Twemoji images](http://twitter.github.io/twemoji/).

```
use HeyUpdate\Emoji\Emoji;
use HeyUpdate\Emoji\EmojiIndex;

$emoji = new Emoji(new EmojiIndex(), '//twemoji.maxcdn.com/36x36/%s.png');
$emoji->replaceEmojiWithImages('🎈 :balloon:');
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require heyupdate/emoji
```

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

[](#requirements)

The following versions of PHP are supported by this version.

- PHP 5.3
- PHP 5.4
- PHP 5.5
- PHP 5.6

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Tom Graham](https://github.com/tompedals)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/heyupdate/Emoji/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~89 days

Recently: every ~116 days

Total

7

Last Release

3650d ago

Major Versions

0.2.2 → 1.0.0-beta2016-05-21

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.0.0-betaPHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0108faaeaf073146f428b1f04b42ba469d97bf2a9d14f31183a2b541f3de8197?d=identicon)[tompedals](/maintainers/tompedals)

---

Top Contributors

[![tompedals](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6132043?v=4)](https://github.com/tompedals "tompedals (19 commits)")

---

Tags

emoji

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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