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painless-php/string
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String helper functionality for PHP

v2.1.0(11mo ago)024MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Feb 18Pushed 11mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/painless-php/string)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/painless-php/string)[ RSS](/packages/painless-php-string/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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string
======

[](#string)

String helper functionality for PHP

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require painless-php/string

```

Public API
----------

[](#public-api)

#### Core

[](#core)

- [Str](doc/Str.md)
- [StrBuilder](doc/StrBuilder.md)

#### Exception

[](#exception)

- `PainlessPHP\String\Exception\StringSearchException`
- `PainlessPHP\String\Exception\StringTypeConversionException`

Development
-----------

[](#development)

#### Dynamic method doc generation

[](#dynamic-method-doc-generation)

Use `php bin/generate_builder_docblock.php` to generate phpdocumentor docblocks for the methods that can be called dynamically from StrBuilder.

#### TODO

[](#todo)

- generate Str method list in docs with a markdown table
- bump required php version to 8.4 and add `$builder->str` getter for the result string
- methods

    - findFirstLineContaining
    - findLinesContaining
    - findLastLineContaining
    - trimLines
    - editLines

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance50

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.4% 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 ~51 days

Total

3

Last Release

351d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02025-04-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3839f3fb0c50b415aacf70b6cd2f41ff254d93af78dfd58e4e41e57aa5a676cb?d=identicon)[PainlessPHP](/maintainers/PainlessPHP)

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Top Contributors

[![nonetallt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22174322?v=4)](https://github.com/nonetallt "nonetallt (70 commits)")[![xHeaven](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14284867?v=4)](https://github.com/xHeaven "xHeaven (16 commits)")

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Tags

stringhelpers

###  Code Quality

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