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joetannenbaum/obfuscate
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Obfuscate strings in HTML using JavaScript (e.g. mailto links)

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Since Jan 31Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Obfuscate
=========

[](#obfuscate)

A quick-and-dirty library to obfuscate sensitive strings by dynamically creating special characters to print them out. Not foolproof by any means.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require joetannenbaum/obfuscate

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Obfuscate\Obfuscate;

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

echo Obfuscate::str('this is a secret!');
echo Obfuscate::mailto('obfuscate@joe.codes');
```

...results in (different every time, still renders properly in HTML):

```
&#x74;&#x68;i&#115;&#x20;&#105;&#x73;&#x20;&#97; &#x73;e&#99;&#114;&#x65;&#x74;&#x21;

o&#98;f&#x75;s&#99;&#97;t&#101;&#x40;&#x6a;&#x6f;e&#46;&#99;&#x6f;d&#x65;s
```

Laravel
-------

[](#laravel)

If you're using Laravel, this package automatically adds a Blade helper:

```
@obfuscate('this is a secret!')
@mailto('obfuscate@joe.codes')
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8cc9e697c220afa4ac18184d1aaab004e2da9448ac251a74e6031eec48b21601?d=identicon)[joetannenbaum](/maintainers/joetannenbaum)

---

Top Contributors

[![joetannenbaum](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2702148?v=4)](https://github.com/joetannenbaum "joetannenbaum (7 commits)")

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