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jderusse/format
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Simple function to format strings

1.0.0(9y ago)016MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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\# Format

`Format` provide the ability to do variable substitutions.

\## Installation

```
composer require jderusse/format

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
format('Hello {who}', ['who' => 'World']);
```

Usecase
-------

[](#usecase)

```
throw new \Exception(format('Fail to load resource "{resource}".', ['resource' => $fileName]);
```

```
$this->addFlash(format('Project "{name}" succesfully created.', ['name' => $project->getName()]);
```

Why?
----

[](#why)

Because I'm not happy with language alternatives.

```
- echo 'Should I use "'."'".'" or "'.'"'.'"';
+ echo format('Should I use "{single}" or "{double}"', ['single'=> "'", 'double' => '"']);
```

```
- sprintf('%s likes when %s repeat the same things', $user, $user');
+ format('{user} like when {user} repeat the same things', ['user'=> $user]);
```

```
- sprintf('%s%s%s', $scheme, $host, $path');
+ format('{scheme}{host}{path}', ['scheme' => $scheme, 'host' => $host, 'path' => $path]);
```

```
- echo "Hello {$this->getUser()->getusername()}. Welcome in {$this->getProject()->getName()}":
+ echo format('Hello {user}. Welcome in {project}', ['user' => $this->getUser()->getusername(), 'project' => $this->getProject()->getName()]):
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3482d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3f32527fbf2e4214a29d86a441db4d130535437cf1911a6b0e6ef13db1c84aa?d=identicon)[jderusse](/maintainers/jderusse)

---

Top Contributors

[![jderusse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578547?v=4)](https://github.com/jderusse "jderusse (1 commits)")

---

Tags

stringformatsprintf

###  Code Quality

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