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martinlindhe/php-mb-helpers
===========================

Provides mb\_ucwords(), mb\_ucfirst(), mb\_strrev(), mb\_str\_pad(), mb\_count\_chars(), mb\_str\_split()

0.1.7(5y ago)97.5M—2.3%44MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing

Since Apr 9Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

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About
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[](#about)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/356b85c4aa449f3540a372ae1b76903449f0e5192465466764fb0f8c812e21ac/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d617274696e6c696e6468652f7068702d6d622d68656c706572732e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/martinlindhe/php-mb-helpers)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/57a423703db69d5c1890d03046c4a8b34ca5659c6ad1e01a11491beedfd4ad9d/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6d617274696e6c696e6468652f7068702d6d622d68656c706572732f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/martinlindhe/php-mb-helpers)

Provides some missing (?) multibyte functions.

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

[](#installation)

With Composer

```
composer require martinlindhe/php-mb-helpers

```

or add manually to composer.json:

```
{
    "require": {
        "martinlindhe/php-mb-helpers": "~0.1"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

mb\_ucwords(), mb\_ucfirst(), mb\_strrev(), mb\_str\_pad(), mb\_count\_chars(), mb\_str\_split() like their counterparts.

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.6% 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 ~310 days

Recently: every ~536 days

Total

8

Last Release

1888d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

0.1.1PHP >=5.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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