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rvc/maskercat
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Concatenate a set of pre-define or custom character, strings or patterns to an given String, resulting in a mask of characters in the front, back, or both sides of the input.

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maskercat - Custom string concatenation mask
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[](#maskercat---custom-string-concatenation-mask)

Concatenate a set of pre-define or custom character, strings or patterns to an given String, resulting in a mask of characters in the front, back, or both sides of the input.

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

[](#installation)

`composer require rvc/maskercat`

or just download and include the file in your project.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Simple masker

[](#simple-masker)

`masker (String string, int lenght, int mask, String side);`

Options:

   Parameter Values Description Optional     string  The string to concatenate Require   lenght 7 **(DEFAULT)** Lenght of the mask use to concatenate Optional   mask - 0 - abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz **(DEFAULT)**
- 1 - ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
- 2 - 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
- 3 - 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
- 4 - 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

  Mask use to concatenate Optional   mask - left **(DEFAULT)**
- right
- both

  Side of the string to put the mask Optional  Example:

```
masker('Hakuna matata');

output: pgdfbiihakuna matata

```

---

### Custom masker

[](#custom-masker)

`custom_masker (String string, int lenght, String mask, String side)`

Options:

   Parameter Values Description Optional     string  The string to concatenate Require   lenght  Lenght of the mask use to concatenate Require   mask  Mask use to concatenate Require   side - left **(DEFAULT)**
- right
- both

  Side of the string to put the mask Optional  Example:

```
custom_masker('Hakuna matata', 7, 'abcd453gh', 'right' );

output: `Hakuna matatab5gdccc`

```

License
-------

[](#license)

maskercat is licensed under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

13

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LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity1

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity21

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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