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ilya/buffer
===========

Context-aware implementation of explode().

1.0.0(12y ago)0211MITPHP

Since May 14Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Buffer
======

[](#buffer)

Buffer is a context-aware implementation of explode(), the string function from PHP.

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

[](#installation)

Open up your terminal, `cd` to your project directory and type:

```
# run this command if you have Composer installed globally on your machine
composer require "ilya/buffer:~1"

# or run this command if you have it installed locally
php composer.phar require "ilya/buffer:~1"
```

Press `Enter` and give Composer just a second to install the package as your project's dependency.

How to use this thing
---------------------

[](#how-to-use-this-thing)

Let's get started by creating an instance of Buffer:

```
$buffer = new Buffer\Buffer('foo:"bar:baz":wow');
```

Now, tell Buffer that the `"` character has a special meaning:

```
$buffer->beAwareOf("\"");
```

Finally, split the string you've passed to the constructor by `:`:

```
$buffer->explode(':'); // => ['foo', 'bar:baz', 'wow']
```

Alright, that's basically it.

License
-------

[](#license)

Buffer is licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4388d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![ilya-dev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6959318?v=4)](https://github.com/ilya-dev "ilya-dev (26 commits)")

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Tags

Contextimplementationexplodeaware

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