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mpclarkson/stringy
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A PHP Library that provides a consistent api for object oriented manipulation of strings.

v1.0.2(7y ago)62.1k1Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Stringy - Object Oriented Manipulation of Strings in PHP!
=========================================================

[](#stringy---object-oriented-manipulation-of-strings-in-php)

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Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Are you stick to death of PHP's inconsistencies in terms on manipulating strings? Well, look no further!

Rather than constantly having to write obtuse code like this to check if a string contains a substring:

```
  strpos($mystring, $substring) !== false ? true : false;
```

You can now do this (and many other things), sensibly!

```
  $string = new String($myString);

  $bool = $string->contains($substring);
```

Yay! :)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

After applying any methods, the underlying text/string can be accessed as follows:

```
$stringy = new Stringy("mystring");
$stringy->append("is fun", " ");

echo $stringy->string();
//"mystring is fun";
```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

MethodParametersReturnsstringnilstringtruncate$chars = 50, $appendWith = "..."$thislengthnilintcontains$substringboolstartsWith$substringboolendsWith$substringboolappend$string$thisreversenil$thisuppercasenil$thisuppercaseFirstnil$thislowercasenil$thislowercaseFirstnil$thistitleCasenil$thissentenceCasenil$thistoArray$delimiter = nullarrayapplycallback$thisCheckout the tests for examples of each method.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.4+

Composer
--------

[](#composer)

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) by adding the following lines in your `composer.json`:

```
    "require": {
        "mpclarkson/stringy": "dev-master"
    },
```

Todos
-----

[](#todos)

- More methods
- Contributions welcome

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This has been inspired by the beautify string manipulation in Apple's Swift language.

Thanks goes to [Paper Planes Digital Marketing in Brisbane](https://flypaperplanes.co).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~623 days

Total

3

Last Release

2644d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpstringsswiftstringmanipulationtextobject oriented

###  Code Quality

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