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redacteddevworks/preg\_match2
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PHP Regex Matcher that returns the matched values

1.0.0(6y ago)11.6k↓80%MITPHP

Since Oct 18Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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preg\_match2
============

[](#preg_match2)

Why?
----

[](#why)

I simply would prefer if the built in preg\_match functions would just return the values instead of the current method of supplying a predefined array.

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

[](#installation)

`composer require redacteddevworks/preg_match2`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require 'autoload.php';

$matches = preg_match2('/([\d])/', 'the quick 1 jumped over the lazy 2 dog');

```

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

2449d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1039911?v=4)[Kyle Harrison](/maintainers/RedactedProfile)[@RedactedProfile](https://github.com/RedactedProfile)

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Top Contributors

[![RedactedProfile](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1039911?v=4)](https://github.com/RedactedProfile "RedactedProfile (2 commits)")

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Tags

phppregregexregexMatchpreg\_match

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