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krinkle/intuition
=================

Localisation library for PHP applications.

v2.3.6(2y ago)3944.0k↓30.4%25[1 issues](https://github.com/wikimedia/labs-tools-intuition/issues)4MITPHPPHP >=7.2

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Intuition
=========

[](#intuition)

**Intuition** is a localisation library for PHP applications. Intuition is designed for use by web applications on Wikimedia Toolforge, but is implemented as a standalone library that is available for any application via its Composer package.

It was originally developed in 2011 for use on [Wikimedia Toolserver](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolserver) (since then replaced by [Toolforge](https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge)).

> Intuition (INTUI-tion) originally stood for "Internationalization for Toolserver's User Interface".

Intuition supports the *Banana Milkshake* message file format ([developed](https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.i18n) for use in MediaWiki). We recommended [translatewiki.net](https://translatewiki.net) for managing translations, which allows contributors to translate and review message via a user-friendly interface, which are then periodically automatically exported in the Banana JSON format to your Git repository.

Install
-------

[](#install)

It's recommended you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

- Run `composer require krinkle/intuition`.
- Include `vendor/autoload.php` in your program.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use it in a tool, read the [Usage documentation](./docs/API.md).

Example:

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$int = new Intuition( 'mytool' );
$int->registerDomain( 'mytool', __DIR__ . '/i18n' );

echo $int->msg( 'example' );
```

Getting involved
----------------

[](#getting-involved)

Report issues by [creating a Phabricator task](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/intuition/).

Code coverage can be found at .

### Testing

[](#testing)

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) for managing dependencies (such as [PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de)). Install Composer via your preferred package manager, or from [source](https://getcomposer.org/download/). Some tests also require [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/).

Prior to running tests, ensure presence of development dependencies:

```
composer install
```

Run the tests:

```
composer test
```

See also
--------

[](#see-also)

- [intuition-web](https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/labs/tools/intuition-web): The web interface to Intuition.

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community36

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~133 days

Recently: every ~203 days

Total

28

Last Release

827d ago

Major Versions

v0.7.0 → v1.0.02018-08-15

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02019-05-13

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.2.0PHP >=5.5

v1.0.0PHP >=7.0

v2.1.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

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