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rap2hpoutre/similar-text-finder
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Fuzzy Search, similar text finder: "Did you mean `foo` ?"

1.1.0(7y ago)13877.7k↑467.6%173MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Apr 21Pushed 2y ago10 watchersCompare

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Similar Text Finder
===================

[](#similar-text-finder)

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TL;DR
-----

[](#tldr)

Similar text finder. Install via composer, works with any framework: Laravel, Slim, Symfony, etc.

[![screenshot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1575946/7246876/1b15c4c0-e803-11e4-91d8-a2e7cd5a0f0c.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1575946/7246876/1b15c4c0-e803-11e4-91d8-a2e7cd5a0f0c.png)

```
// Init Similar Text Finder with a needle and a haystack
$text_finder = new \SimilarText\Finder('bananna', ['apple', 'banana', 'kiwi']);

// Get first similar word (it's banana)
echo $text_finder->first();
```

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

[](#installation)

Install with composer `composer require rap2hpoutre/similar-text-finder`. That's all.

You can now use it in your framework's controller, or wherever you want (you don't need a framework anyway).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Quick start

[](#quick-start)

Just build a new Similar Text Finder like this:

```
$tf = new \SimilarText\Finder($needle, $haystack);
```

`$needle` may be the user input and `$haystack` should be an array with all your suggestion. You can display the closest response like this:

```
echo 'Did you mean ' $tf->first() . ' ?';
```

Or use it in your favorite template engine (Twig, Blade, etc.)

You can get all your suggestion ordered by most approching words like this:

```
$all = $tf->all();
```

### Example in raw PHP

[](#example-in-raw-php)

```
use SimilarText\Finder;

// User input with a typo (you could get it from $_GET)
$needle = 'tmatoes';

// Your list (from your database or an API)
$haystack = ['salad', 'tomatoes', 'onions', 'mates'];

// Init Text Finder
$finder = new Finder($needle, $haystack);

// Display all results ordered by the most approching
$results = $finder->all();
echo implode(', ', $results);

// You should see something like "tomatoes, mates, onions, salad", yohoo.
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90% 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 ~200 days

Recently: every ~345 days

Total

8

Last Release

2640d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.0 → v1.0.02019-01-02

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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