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kabachello/phptexttable
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Easily convert PHP arrays into plain text tables or strings with a fixed field length for each column

0.2.2(9y ago)4611MITPHP

Since Nov 14Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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phpTextTable
============

[](#phptexttable)

Easily converts PHP arrays into plain text tables, CSV files or strings with a fixed field length for each column

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kabachello/phptexttable:*

```

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

$rows = array(
		array('City' => 'Berlin', 'State' => 'Berlin', 'Pop. 1950' => 3336026, 'Pop. 2015' => 3520031),
		array('City' => 'Hamburg', 'State' => 'Hamburg', 'Pop. 1950' => 1605606, 'Pop. 2015' => 1787408),
		array('City' => 'Munich', 'State' => 'Bavaria', 'Pop. 1950' => 831937, 'Pop. 2015' => 1450381),
		array('city' => 'Cologne', 'State' => 'North Rhine-Westphalia', 'Pop. 1950' => 594941, 'Pop. 2015' => 1060582)
);

// Initialize the table
$text_table = new kabachello\phpTextTable\TextTable($rows);

// Set right alignment for the numeric columns
$text_table->setColumnAlignments(array('Pop. 1950' => 'right', 'Pop. 2015' => 'right'));

// Set the numer columns to the same fixed with
$text_table->setColumnWidthMax(array('Pop. 1950' => 11, 'Pop. 2015' => 11));

// Disable automatic width adjustment (only affects columns with max width)
$text_table->setColumnWidthAuto(false);

// Print the table
print $text_table->print($row_key);
```

will print the following:

```
+---------+------------------------+-------------+-------------+
|  CITY   |         STATE          |  POP. 1950  |  POP. 2015  |
+---------+------------------------+-------------+-------------+
| Berlin  | Berlin                 |     3336026 |     3520031 |
| Hamburg | Hamburg                |     1605606 |     1787408 |
| Munich  | Bavaria                |      831937 |     1450381 |
| Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |      594941 |     1060582 |
+---------+------------------------+-------------+-------------+

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This library was inspired by [ArrayToTextTable](https://gist.github.com/tony-landis/31477)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~36 days

Total

4

Last Release

3405d ago

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