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nox7/multibyte-strings
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Multibyte PHP Strings
=====================

[](#multibyte-php-strings)

An ongoing helper library to make working with multibyte strings easier in PHP.

Purpose
-------

[](#purpose)

By default, the majority of PHP functions revolve around byte count instead of character count. If, for example, you want to find the position of a string stub inside a larger string that includes multibyte characters (UTF-8), then the returning positions will be incorrect.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Finding a Stub in a String

[](#finding-a-stub-in-a-string)

```
require_once __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";

$string = getSubStringWithPadding(
    start: $firstMatch[1],
    stubMultiByteLength: $multibyteLengthOfQuery,
    padding: 35,
);

// $stubResult is an instance of MultibyteStrings\StubResult
printf("Before: {$stubResult->beforeStub}\nStub: {$stubResult->stub}\nAfter: {$stubResult->afterStub}");
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 61% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~174 days

Recently: every ~208 days

Total

6

Last Release

581d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/43ad5b05b2e9f81a045812355a596a0786885b1fe94f1cad0e3b35d4642125ba?d=identicon)[nox7](/maintainers/nox7)

---

Top Contributors

[![nox7](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17110935?v=4)](https://github.com/nox7 "nox7 (19 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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