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levu42/regexpander
==================

PHP library that expands a regular expression into a random string that matches this pattern

v0.0.1(4y ago)183[2 PRs](https://github.com/levu42/regexpander/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Jan 9Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Regular Expression Expander
===============================

[](#php-regular-expression-expander)

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PHP library that expands a regular expression into a random string that matches this pattern

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require levu42/regexpander
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$phoneNumber = Levu42\RegExpander::generate('\d{3}-\d{4}-\d{3}');
echo $phoneNumber;
```

Supported regexes
-----------------

[](#supported-regexes)

- Character classes: \\d, \\D, \\s, \\S, \\w, \\W, .
    - \\d = \[0-9\]
    - \\D = \[^0-9\]
    - \\s = \[ \\n\\r\]
    - \\S = \[^ \\n\\r\]
    - \\w = \[a-zA-Z0-9\_\]
    - \\W = \[^a-zA-Z0-9\_\]
    - . = \[anything\]
- Custom character classes, e.g. \[0-9a-f\], \[^x\]
- Alternatives: a|b
- Multipliers: a+, a\*, a?, a{2,5}
- Subpatterns: (a|b|\\s)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Florian Stascheck](https://github.com/levu42)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1586d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

regexregular expressionpatternregexpander

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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