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rap2hpoutre/remove-stop-words
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Remove stop words from a string

v0.3.0(6y ago)1528.3k↓50%12[1 PRs](https://github.com/rap2hpoutre/remove-stop-words/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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Remove stop words
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[](#remove-stop-words)

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Remove stop words from a string. It currently works in French, Spanish and English. Feel free to submit a Pull Request if you want to include your language.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require rap2hpoutre/remove-stop-words
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Just call the `remove_stop_words` function with a string.

```
use function Rap2hpoutre\RemoveStopWords\remove_stop_words;

echo remove_stop_words('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
// quick brown fox jumps   lazy dog
```

You can provide a locale as a second argument:

```
use function Rap2hpoutre\RemoveStopWords\remove_stop_words;

echo remove_stop_words('Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume', 'fr');
// Portez  vieux whisky  juge blond  fume
```

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~129 days

Recently: every ~162 days

Total

6

Last Release

2337d ago

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