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sanderspaas/word-search
=======================

Word search generator.

051PHP

Since Jan 22Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Word Search
===========

[](#word-search)

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Word search generator written in PHP.

Features:

- Supports multiple words and grid sizes
- Supports horizontal and vertical words
- Supports intersecting words
- English, Hebrew, Arabic and Finnish alphabets

Produces a grid for you to output, and list of answers.

```
HHEOÖ
EÖBAR
LSJFD
LLTOK
OPÖOU

```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install via Composer:

```
$ composer require sanderspaas/word-search "^1.0"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In English:

```
use WordSearch\Factory;
use WordSearch\Alphabet\English;

$puzzle = Factory::create(['foo', 'bar'], 15, new English);

```

In Hebrew with reversing the words:

```
use WordSearch\Factory;
use WordSearch\Alphabet\Hebrew;

$puzzle = Factory::create(['אבג', 'דהו'], 15, new Hebrew, true);

```

The `Puzzle` object contains a `toArray` method for the puzzle grid and an iterable `WordList` object with the answers in. You can use these to output the puzzle yourself, or use the HTML transformer.

```
$transformer = new WordSearch\Transformer\HtmlTransformer($puzzle);
echo $transformer->grid();
echo $transformer->wordList();

```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

Tests can be run via Ant:

```
ant

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This package is a fork of [xmeltrut's Word Search](https://github.com/xmeltrut/WordSearch).

###  Health Score

16

—

LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity21

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.3% 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

[![xmeltrut](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/961906?v=4)](https://github.com/xmeltrut "xmeltrut (18 commits)")[![SanderSpaas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/80250065?v=4)](https://github.com/SanderSpaas "SanderSpaas (14 commits)")

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