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hierotex/hierotex-php
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A PHP wrapper for HieroTeX

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HieroTeX for PHP
================

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This is a free software library to render Ancient Egyptian inscriptions from PHP, using Serge Rosmorduc's [HieroTeX](https://github.com/hierotex/hierotex).

It allows you to programatically create high-quality SVG images of inscriptions from your web app, through a simple API.

```
use \Hierotex\Hieroglyph\Inscription;

header("Content-Type: image/svg+xml");
$inscription = new Inscription("i-mn:n-Htp:t*p");
echo $inscription -> toSvg();
```

Which creates this output:

[![Image of i-mn:n-Htp:t*p](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hierotex/hierotex-php/master/example/svg-to-stdout.svg?sanitize=true)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hierotex/hierotex-php/master/example/svg-to-stdout.svg?sanitize=true)

The encoding of the inscription is [MdC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Codage).

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1 or newer
- [HieroTeX](https://github.com/hierotex/hierotex) is installed locally
- png2svg is installed

###  Health Score

19

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LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

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