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opis/utils
==========

A collection of useful classes that deals with UTF-8 strings, URLs, punycode, form validation and more

2.2.3(9y ago)64981[1 issues](https://github.com/opis/utils/issues)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Opis Utils
==========

[](#opis-utils)

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Utilitary classes
-----------------

[](#utilitary-classes)

**Opis Utils** is a collection of useful classes that will help you with UTF 8 strings, URLs, form validators, autoloading, versions and others.

### License

[](#license)

**Opis Utils** is licensed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3.\* or higher

### Installation

[](#installation)

This library is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/opis/utils) and can be installed using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
{
    "require": {
        "opis/utils": "^2.2.0"
    }
}
```

If you are unable to use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) you can download the [tar.gz](https://github.com/opis/utils/archive/2.2.0.tar.gz) or the [zip](https://github.com/opis/utils/archive/2.2.0.zip)archive file, extract the content of the archive and include de `autoload.php` file into your project.

```
require_once 'path/to/utils-2.2.0/autoload.php';
```

### Documentation

[](#documentation)

Examples and documentation can be found at .

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~198 days

Recently: every ~425 days

Total

11

Last Release

1963d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02015-12-20

2.x-dev → 2020.x-dev2021-01-01

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2020.x-devPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/47afaf3c711dd321c8d09bae2afed928971ec9e9a7593c925749696f04d2fddd?d=identicon)[msarca](/maintainers/msarca)

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---

Top Contributors

[![msarca](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5808737?v=4)](https://github.com/msarca "msarca (55 commits)")

---

Tags

urlvalidatorutf8punycodeform validationutf8 string

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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