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justinlawrencems/quixotify
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A package to generate ipsum text from Don Quixote API

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Quixotify
=========

[](#quixotify)

Quixotify is a text generation library designed to retrieve and manipulate text excerpts from Miguel de Cervantes' *Don Quixote*. This library supports generating text based on characters, words, or sentences and includes functionalities to handle different output languages.

---

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Fetch random text excerpts from an SQLite database.
- Generate text by a specified number of characters, words, or sentences.
- Support for multiple languages (English and Spanish).
- Handles edge cases with missing or insufficient data.

---

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

[](#installation)

1. Clone the repository or include the classes in your project: ```
    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/quixotify.git
    ```
2. Ensure you have PHP 8.0+ and PDO SQLite installed.
3. Place your SQLite database (`database.db`) in the same directory as the `Controller` class.

---

Classes Overview
----------------

[](#classes-overview)

### Controller

[](#controller)

The `Controller` class is responsible for connecting to the database, validating input, and generating text.

#### Constructor

[](#constructor)

```
$controller = new Controller("Spanish");
```

- **`$outputLanguage`**: Optional. Defaults to English (`"don_quixote_english_texts"`). Use `"Spanish"` for Spanish.

#### Public Methods

[](#public-methods)

- **`generateText(string $unit, int $quantity): string`**
    Generate text based on the unit (`characters`, `words`, or `sentences`) and quantity.

---

#### Public Methods

[](#public-methods-1)

- **`generate(string $type, int $amount): string`**
    Calls the `Controller` to generate text, with additional error handling.

---

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Initialize the `Controller` class:

    ```
    use Quixotify\Controller;

    $controller = new Controller("Spanish"); // For Spanish texts
    ```
2. Generate text using the `Controller`:

    ```
    $text = $controller->generateText('words', 50);
    echo $text;
    ```
3. Or, use the `Generator` class for better error handling:

    ```
    use Quixotify\Generator;

    $controller = new Controller("Spanish");
    $generator = new Generator($controller);
    $text = $generator->generate('characters', 100);
    echo $text;
    ```

---

Database Schema
---------------

[](#database-schema)

The database should have the following schema:

ColumnTypeDescription`id`INTEGERPrimary key (auto-increment)`text`TEXTThe excerpt of text`word_count`INTEGERNumber of words in the textEnsure the database has two tables:

1. `don_quixote_english_texts`
2. `don_quixote_spanish_texts`

---

Error Handling
--------------

[](#error-handling)

- **Invalid Input**: Throws exceptions if the input quantity is non-positive or the unit is invalid.
- **Insufficient Data**: Automatically fetches additional rows to meet the requested amount.

---

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue for bugs, features, or enhancements.

---

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the `LICENSE` file for details.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~3 days

Total

10

Last Release

530d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![JustinLawrenceMS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43936909?v=4)](https://github.com/JustinLawrenceMS "JustinLawrenceMS (23 commits)")

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Tags

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