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marc1706/phpbb-text-shortener
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Library for shortening post text in phpBB 3.2.x

v0.3.0(3y ago)11.1k↓100%1MITPHPPHP >=7.1.3

Since Jan 10Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

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phpbb-text-shortener library
============================

[](#phpbb-text-shortener-library)

### About

[](#about)

phpbb-text-shortener is a PHP library for shortening post text in phpBB 3.3.x to a specified length.

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PHP 7.1.3 or newer is required for this library to work.

### Installation

[](#installation)

It is recommend to install the library using composer. Just add the following snippet to your composer.json:

```
  "require": {
    "marc1706/phpbb-text-shortener": "~0.2"
  },

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

Create an instance of text shortener:

```
$shortener = new \Marc1706\TextShortener\Shortener();

```

Grab the database representation of a post from the database and pass it to the shortener (e.g. to a length of 200 characters):

```
$shortener->setText($postText)
	->shortenText(200);

```

### Automated Tests

[](#automated-tests)

The library is being tested using unit tests to prevent possible issues.

[![Build Status](https://github.com/marc1706/phpbb-text-shortener/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/marc1706/phpbb-text-shortener/actions/workflows/main.yml)

### License

[](#license)

[The MIT License (MIT)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Every ~646 days

Total

5

Last Release

1189d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

v0.2.0PHP >=7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f707b578266806b276af3e6fbd52c84856c8de62f4627cca5190d31df1b7bc10?d=identicon)[marc1706](/maintainers/marc1706)

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Top Contributors

[![marc1706](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/394418?v=4)](https://github.com/marc1706 "marc1706 (35 commits)")

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Tags

phpphpbbminifyextensionsextensionbbcodepostshortening

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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