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pinefor/string-forge
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A trunk full of useful string manipulation functions

151PHP

Since Jun 2Pushed 12y agoCompare

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[](#string-forge-)

A trunk full of useful string manipulation functions

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.4.x
- neitanod/forceutf8

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install StringForge is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). You can see [the package information on Packagist.](https://packagist.org/packages/pinefor/string-forge)

```
{
    "require": {
        "pinefor/string-forge": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use StringForge\StringForge;

$forge = new StringForge();
$stringObj = $forge->create('¡¿ÁaéE323úüÜèóïç232ÇñÑ?!');
echo (string) $stringObj->asciify()->removeNum();
//Returns: AaeEuuUeoicCnN?!
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Tests are in the `tests` folder. To run them, you need PHPUnit. Example:

```
$ phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml.dist

```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT, see [LICENSE](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.4% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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