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incenteev/emoji-pattern
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PHP regexp pattern matching Unicode emojis

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Emoji pattern
=============

[](#emoji-pattern)

This package provides regexp patterns to match Unicode emojis. All forms of emojis are matched, including:

- Single-character emoji (👍)
- Emoji that are variants of other characters (e.g. ⌚️ instead of ⌚︎)
- Fitzpatrick Modifiers (e.g. skintones 👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿)
- ZWJ Sequences (e.g. 💑)
- Combining sequences and Combining Marks (e.g. 0️⃣)
- Flag sequences (e.g 🇨🇦)

All emojis are derived directly from the standard unicode data files, using an automated script.

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

[](#installation)

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to install the library:

```
$ composer require incenteev/emoji-pattern
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The provided pattern relies on the `u` modifier of PCRE and so works only for UTF-8 strings.

```
use Incenteev\EmojiPattern\EmojiPattern;

$emojiRegexp = '/' . EmojiPattern::getEmojiPattern() . '/u';
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

The initial version of the package was a port of [SwiftEmoji](https://github.com/nerdyc/SwiftEmoji).

Reporting an issue or a feature request
---------------------------------------

[](#reporting-an-issue-or-a-feature-request)

Issues and feature requests are tracked in the [Github issue tracker](https://github.com/Incenteev/emoji-pattern/issues).

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~288 days

Total

5

Last Release

613d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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