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kdaviesnz/emoji
===============

Detects if text is an emoji and removes emojis from text.

v1.0.0-alpha(8y ago)1571MITPHPPHP ~7.0

Since Nov 1Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/kdaviesnz/emoji)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/kdaviesnz/emoji)[ Docs](https://github.com/kdaviesnz/emoji/)[ RSS](/packages/kdaviesnz-emoji/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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emoji
=====

[](#emoji)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require kdaviesnz/emoji
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$emoji = new \kdaviesnz\emoji\Emoji();
// String is an emoji
$isEmoji = $emoji->checkEmoji("😄");

// String is not an emoji as it contains other characters.
$isEmoji = $emoji->checkEmoji("😐 ");

$withEmoticon = "‘😐";
// Returns "‘";
$withoutEmoticon = $emoji->removeEmoji($withEmoticon);
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see CHANGELOG.md for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

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

[](#contributing)

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT.md for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

-

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE.md for more information.

emoji
=====

[](#emoji-1)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

3114d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3b63930ad10271ff6fe9e1ce3446ebc46b67edda7afc70fd09a3970f55215617?d=identicon)[kdaviesnz](/maintainers/kdaviesnz)

---

Top Contributors

[![kdaviesnz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2062483?v=4)](https://github.com/kdaviesnz "kdaviesnz (1 commits)")

---

Tags

emoji

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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