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robquistnl/simplehtmltotext
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A Simple PHP Class to transform HTML to Text

v1.1.1(9y ago)9115.1k↓34.8%3[5 issues](https://github.com/RobQuistNL/SimpleHtmlToText/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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SimpleHtmlToText
================

[](#simplehtmltotext)

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A simple PHP class for transforming HTML to plain text (e.g. for emails)

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

[](#installation)

Install using composer (`composer require robquistnl/simplehtmltotext`).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$myHtml = 'This is HTMLHeaderNewlines';
echo (new Parser())->parseString($myHtml);
```

Returns:

```
**This is HTML**
### Header ###

Newlines

```

Supported tags
--------------

[](#supported-tags)

Currently only a few basic tags are supported, and no CSS is checked.

- `br`
- `hr`
- `h1`, `h2`, `h3`, `h4`, `h5`, `h6`
- `table`, `tr`, `td`, `th` (Very basic support)
- `b`, `strong`, `u`, `i`, `em`
- `a` Simple support; `Click here` becomes `Click here (http://example.org)`
- `img` Simple support; `` becomes ` ` and `` becomes `(title)`
- `ul`, `ol`, `li`, `dd`, `dt`

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance9

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

3462d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![RobQuistNL](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1442796?v=4)](https://github.com/RobQuistNL "RobQuistNL (8 commits)")

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Tags

html2textHTMLToTextsimplehtml2text

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