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markhj/text
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A compact and efficient text parser for PHP 8.0+

v0.1.2(4y ago)05PHP

Since Oct 3Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (4)Used By (0)

This library provides a number of handy classes to make string manipulation and analysis easier and more beautiful. Composer 2 is required to install, and the library requires PHP 8 or higher.

The library additionally requires mbstring extension.

Install
=======

[](#install)

Composer 2
----------

[](#composer-2)

```
composer require markhj/text

```

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

Please see documentation at:

You can also explore the `samples` directory.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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 ~1 days

Total

3

Last Release

1687d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/06b8bda6e13d68f552e84c5ae6c4c9f60db7127ef99676d4d153f35a282a5119?d=identicon)[markhj](/maintainers/markhj)

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Top Contributors

[![markhj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5261387?v=4)](https://github.com/markhj "markhj (36 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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