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idealia/yii2-bad-word
=====================

Bad word filter for Yii2

0124PHP

Since Jul 11Pushed 9y ago6 watchersCompare

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Bad word filter for Yii2
========================

[](#bad-word-filter-for-yii2)

Bad word filter for Yii2

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist idealia/yii2-bad-word "*"

```

or add

```
"idealia/yii2-bad-word": "*"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Apply migrations

```
php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/idealia/yii2-bad-word/migrations

```

Add to config file

```
'components' => [
        'badword' => [
            'class' => \idealia\badword\BadWord::class,
            // 'obfuscation' => true,
            'provider' => [
                'class' => \idealia\badword\BadWordDbProvider::class
            ]
        ],
]

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$foo = Yii::$app->badword->filter('your text with bad words to replace by ***');

```

In active record validator

```
public function rules()
{
   return [
        ['title',  BadWordFilter::class],
   ]
}

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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