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hugsbrugs/php-string
====================

PHP String Utilities

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php-string
----------

[](#php-string)

This librairy provides utilities function to ease string manipulation

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fbc9b7d326f4c05b24e73151caaa4392a2b998d2d7206088ef28d0d5011511d5/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6875677362727567732f7068702d737472696e672e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/hugsbrugs/php-string)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/04812e14dfdec7594c750f790a5ff33f7ef14ca3a4b9156dfa7cd24d39db6942/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f6875677362727567732f7068702d737472696e672f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/hugsbrugs/php-string?branch=master)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install package with composer

```
composer require hugsbrugs/php-string

```

In your PHP code, load library

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
use Hug\HString\HString as HString;
```

Note: I couldn't use String as namespace because it's a PHP reserved word so it's why namespace is HString ...

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Replace the last occurrence of a string

```
$string = HString::str_replace_last($search, $replace, $subject);
```

Checks whether a string starts with given chars

```
$bool = HString::starts_with($haystack, $needle);
```

Checks whether a string ends with given chars

```
$bool = HString::ends_with($haystack, $needle);
```

Checks whether a string contains utf8mb4 chars (Chars coded on 4 bytes)

```
$bool = HString::is_utf8mb4($search);
```

Unit Tests
----------

[](#unit-tests)

```
phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php tests

```

Author
------

[](#author)

Hugo Maugey [visit my website ;)](https://hugo.maugey.fr)

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~615 days

Total

4

Last Release

1505d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.02017-03-15

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![hugsbrugs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4385090?v=4)](https://github.com/hugsbrugs "hugsbrugs (4 commits)")

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Tags

phpstring

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