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mofodojodino/profanity-filter
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Filters out profanities from strings.

1.3.0(10y ago)69717.5k↓10.2%25[3 PRs](https://github.com/developerdino/ProfanityFilter/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3CI failing

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

[](#profanity-filter)

A simple class to test if a string has a profanity in it.

Checks performed
----------------

[](#checks-performed)

### Straight matching

[](#straight-matching)

Checks string for profanity as it is against list of bad words. E.g. `badword`

### Substitution

[](#substitution)

Checks string for profanity with characters substituted for each letter. E.g. `bâdΨ0rd`

### Obscured

[](#obscured)

Checks string for profanity obscured with punctuation between. E.g. `b|a|d|w|o|r|d`

### Doubled

[](#doubled)

Check string for profanity that has characters doubled up. E.g. `bbaaddwwoorrdd`

### Combinations

[](#combinations)

Also works with combinations of the above. E.g. `b|â|d|Ψ|0|rr|d`

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

[](#installation)

Install this package via composer.

```
php composer.phar require developer/profanity-filter

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
/* default constructor */
$check = new Check();
$hasProfanity = $check->hasProfanity($badWords);
$cleanWords = $check->obfuscateIfProfane($badWords);

/* customized word list from file */
$check = new Check('path.to/wordlist.php');

/* customized word list from array */
$badWords = array('bad', 'words'); // or load from db
$check = new Check($badWords);
```

Kudos
-----

[](#kudos)

Have to mention the following project as it gave me a good foundation for the regex and a list of swear words.

Thanks to @jackcsk for his contribution, adding the ability to use a plain array instead of a file for the list of profanities. Available in version > v1.3.0.

### License

[](#license)

ProfanityFilter is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.2% 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 ~88 days

Recently: every ~68 days

Total

8

Last Release

3660d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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