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polyfills/mb-ucfirst-lcfirst
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PHP: Provides a user-land polyfill for `mb\_ucfirst` and `mb\_lcfirst` functions added in PHP 8.4.

v1.0.0(2y ago)12111MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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`mb_ucfirst` and `mb_lcfirst` polyfills
=======================================

[](#mb_ucfirst-and--mb_lcfirst-polyfills)

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Provides user-land PHP polyfills for the [`mb_ucfirst` and `mb_ucfirst` functions added in PHP 8.4](https://php.watch/versions/8.4/mb_ucfirst-mb_ucfirst).

Requires PHP 8.1 or newer with `mbstring` extension.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require polyfills/mb-ucfirst-lcfirst
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Simply use the `mb_ucfirst` and `mb_ucfirst` functions as if they were declared already.

Contributions
-------------

[](#contributions)

Contributions are welcome either as a GitHub issue or a PR to this repo.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

794d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

mbstringcompatibilitypolyfillshimpolyfillscompatphp84phpwatch

###  Code Quality

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