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lukaswhite/capitalizer
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A simple library for capitalizing strings intelligently.

0.0.1(4y ago)187MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 18Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Capitalizer
===========

[](#capitalizer)

A package for intelligent string capitalization.

PHP includes the `ucwords` function for capitalizing words in strings, but it's pretty dumb.

Consider the following names:

```
Nigel de Jong
Rajiv van La Parra
Malcolm McDonald

```

...or the following titles:

```
To Be or Not to Be
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind

```

...or the following places:

```
Newton on the Willow
Stoke on Trent
Stoke D'Abernon

```

This library is designed to properly handle cases like this.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create an instance with no arguments:

```
use Lukaswhite\Capitalizer\Capitalizer;
$capitalizer = new Capitalizer();
```

The method provides four methods for capitalization:

### `title()`

[](#title)

e.g. the title of a book, film, etc.

```
print $capitalizer->title('to be or not to be'); // prints To Be or Not to Be
```

### `name()`

[](#name)

The name of a person

```
print $capitalizer->name('RAJIV VAN LA PARRA'); // prints Rajiv van La Parra
```

### `place()`

[](#place)

The name of a place.

```
print $capitalizer->place('STOKE ON TRENT'); // prints Stoke on Trent
```

### `string()`

[](#string)

A generic string

```
print $capitalizer->title('this is a string); // prints This is a String
```

Customizing Behaviour
---------------------

[](#customizing-behaviour)

You can customise the behaviour of the library using one or more of the following methods:

```
$capitalizer = new Capitalizer();

$capitalizer->addLowercase('con'); // e.g. Chilli con Carne

$capitalizer->addUppercase('php'); // good for acronyms

$capitalizer->addLowercaseName('of'); // only applies to names; e.g. Jesus of Nazareth

$capitalizer->addPrefix('Mc');

$capitalizer->addSuffix('\'s');
```

Note that all of them return the current instance (i.e. a fluent interface), so they can be chained together, for example:

```
$capitalizer = new Capitalizer();

$capitalizer->addLowercase('con')
    ->addUppercase('php')
    ->addLowercaseName('of')
    ->addPrefix('Mc')
    ->addSuffix('\'s');
```

Refer to the source code for more explanation of these methods.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

1702d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![lukaswhite](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/999014?v=4)](https://github.com/lukaswhite "lukaswhite (2 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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