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kny00/lzutf8-php
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Lzutf8 implementation for php

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lzutf8-php
==========

[](#lzutf8-php)

PHP Decompressor for [LZ-UTF8](https://github.com/rotemdan/lzutf8.js)

LZ-UTF8 is a string compression library and format. Is an extension to the UTF-8 character encoding, augmenting the [UTF-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8) bytestream with optional compression based the [LZ77](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ77_and_LZ78) algorithm.

Compatibility
=============

[](#compatibility)

Code was tested on PHP `7.2` and `7.3`

PHPUnit 8.5 test requires PHP >= 7.2

Getting started
===============

[](#getting-started)

Set Up
------

[](#set-up)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

Include it to your project via `composer.json` after adding the folder to your current project.

> This package is not available yet on packagist. So you have to install it manually

```
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "path",
            "url": "kny00/lzutf8-php",
            "options": {
                "symlink": true
            }
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "kny00/lzutf8-php": "0.0.1",
        "ext-mbstring": "*"
    }
}
```

Then update composer

```
composer update
```

### Via Include

[](#via-include)

This is a one class script, so you can simply include it to your current project

```
include "kny00/lzutf8/src/Lzutf8/Lzutf8.php"
```

Use it
------

[](#use-it)

```
use use Knaya\Lzutf8\Lzutf8 as Lzutf8;

/**
 * Creating a compressed 9 chars string
 * 2 last bytes contain a codepoint sequence
 * [206, 7]
 * distance should be equal to 7 and length to 14
 */
$compressedArray = [
    65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 206, 7
];
$compressedStr = call_user_func_array(
    "pack",
    array_merge(array("C*"), $compressedArray)
    );

$class = new Lzutf8();
$decompressed = $class->decompress($compressedStr);
// Decompress outputs 21 UTF-8 chars
```

License
=======

[](#license)

Copyright (c) 2020, KNY <>.

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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

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