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rpalladino/php-lipsum
=====================

CLI and PHP class for generating dummy text using www.lipsum.com

v1.0(11y ago)113MITPHP

Since May 11Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-lipsum
==========

[](#php-lipsum)

[ ![Codeship Status for rpalladino/php-lipsum](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9528d282199ad345c430362b79aa9a593daca9135aa27dbc88a7076e22d07674/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465736869702f32623630373766302d643861622d303133322d663538352d3736393430356366646135392e737667)](https://codeship.com/projects/78908)

CLI and PHP class for generating lorem ipsum text using [www.lipsum.com](http://www.lipsum.com)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require rpalladino/php-lipsum
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### CLI

[](#cli)

```
$ ./vendor/bin/lipsum
```

#### Options

[](#options)

```
Usage:
 lipsum [-w|--what="..."] [-a|--amount="..."] [-s|--start-with-lipsum]

Options:
 --what (-w)              The kind of text to generate: paras, words, bytes, lists (default: "paras")
 --amount (-a)            The amount of text to generate (default: 5)
 --start-with-lipsum (-s) Start generated text with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."
```

#### Examples

[](#examples)

```
# get 1 paragraph of text
$ ./vendor/bin/lipsum -a 1

# get 25 words of text beginning with "lorem ipsum"
$ ./vendor/bin/lipsum -w words -a 25 -s

# get 3 list items
$ ./vendor/bin/lipsum -w lists -a 3
```

### PHP Class

[](#php-class)

```
require "vendor/autoload.php";

$lipsum = new Rpalladino\Lipsum\Lipsum();

// get 1 paragraph of text
$lipsum->getParagraphs(1);

// get 25 words of text beginning with "lorem ipsum"
$lipsum->getWords(25, true);

// get 3 list items
$lipsum->getLists(3);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4017d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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