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linkthrow/profanityfilter
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Profanity filter package would help you censor some of the bad words users put in your posts and/or comments.

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Profanity Filter
================

[](#profanity-filter)

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Profanity Filter takes strings as input and removes any bad curse words that the string might have. It check the string for specific blacklist which must match as a sperate word to be considered as a curse word. If a curse word is found, then it will replace the curse word with a censor character the user chooses (default is \*).

Default curse words from Shuttershock list of banned words

This package is intended to used with Laravel. Tested and working with laravel 5.1.

This code is based on [Fastwebmedia/Profanity-Filter](https://github.com/fastwebmedia/Profanity-Filter). A major part of it is taken from there and I added the things that I thought it required.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require LinkThrow/profanityfilter
```

\###Laravel Add `LinkThrow\ProfanityFilter\ProfanityFilterServiceProvider::class` to your providers array.

If you wish to use the Facade then add `'Profanity' => LinkThrow\ProfanityFilter\Facades\Profanity::class`

The package will automatically use the config file containing the list of banned words.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$swear_word = ['dog'];
$blacklist  = ['puppy'];
$replace    = ['a' => '(a|a\.|a\-|4|@|Á|á|À|Â|à|Â|â|Ä|ä|Ã|ã|Å|å|α|Δ|Λ|λ)'];

$profanity_filter = new LinkThrow\ProfanityFilter($swear_words, $blacklist, $replace);
echo $profanity_filter->clean('Dog, puppy badpuppy baddog!', '$');
```

The above code would return:

```
array(
    'old_string' => 'Dog, puppy badpuppy baddog!',
    'new_string' => '$$$, $$$$$ badpuppy bad$$$!',
    'clean'      => false
);
```

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

[](#change-log)

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

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpspec run
```

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

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

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [LinkThrow Shakya](https://github.com/LinkThrow)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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