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saeven/circlical-po-editor
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Gettext \*.PO file editor and parser for PHP.

0.9.1(8y ago)118.1k21MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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PHP Gettext Translation Editor
==============================

[](#php-gettext-translation-editor)

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PHP Parser/Editor for Gettext PO files

PoEditor is a class that allows you to load / parse / manipulate / compile .po files using PHP. I built this to support a web-based PO file editor.

This repository is thoroughly tested, mosts tests were taken from [raulferras/PHP-po-parser](https://github.com/raulferras/PHP-po-parser), thank you!

It supports all of the same features, with a simpler and stable interface:

- headers (HeaderBlock)
- msgid (message id)
- msgstr (translation strings)
- msgctxt (context)
- msgid\_plural (plural translations)
- (flags, comments, source, references, annotations, etc.)
    ========================================================

    [](#flags-comments-source-references-annotations-etc)

When you parse a po file, it transforms it into **blocks** that you can cleanly manipulate to thereafter compile.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Parsing Files

[](#parsing-files)

```
$po = new Circlical\PoEditor( 'file.po' );
$po->parse();
```

### Editing Blocks

[](#editing-blocks)

```
$po = new Circlical\PoEditor( 'file.po' );
$po->parse();
$po->getBlock( 'welcome' )->setMsgstr( "hola" );
$po->compile();
```

That transforms **file.po** from:

```
#: wp-admin/install.php:177
msgid "welcome"
msgstr "welcome"

```

to:

```
#: wp-admin/install.php:177
msgid "welcome"
msgstr "hola"

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

Every ~474 days

Total

2

Last Release

3203d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/887224?v=4)[Alexandre Lemaire](/maintainers/Saeven)[@Saeven](https://github.com/Saeven)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

i18ngettextpoi10n

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