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ilya/fuzzy
==========

Nice PHP library for fuzzy string searching

1.0.0(12y ago)4298.7k↓39.1%8MITPHP

Since Apr 15Pushed 11y ago5 watchersCompare

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Fuzzy
=====

[](#fuzzy)

Fuzzy searching in PHP made easy!

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

[](#installation)

`composer require ilya/fuzzy:~1`

Use
---

[](#use)

`array search(array $rows, string $query, integer $threshold = 3)`

```
$rows = ['f', 'fo', 'foo', 'foob', 'fooba', 'foobar'];

$fuzzy = new \Fuzzy\Fuzzy;

$query = 'foobar';

$fuzzy->search($rows, $query, 0); // ['foobar']
$fuzzy->search($rows, $query, 1); // ['foobar', 'fooba']
$fuzzy->search($rows, $query, 2); // ['foobar', 'fooba', 'foob']
$fuzzy->search($rows, $query, 3); // ['foobar', 'fooba', 'foob', 'foo']
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community12

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

4416d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/776b7b64a5d05531a18e8874c09069a25dce24b2e3efa60ea521e25e9a35281a?d=identicon)[ilya.s](/maintainers/ilya.s)

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Top Contributors

[![ilya-dev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6959318?v=4)](https://github.com/ilya-dev "ilya-dev (16 commits)")

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Tags

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