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sfneal/string-helpers
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PHP string helper functions that add familiar functionality from other languages (like string contains, splitting, truncating, etc...)

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String Helpers
==============

[](#string-helpers)

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PHP string helper functions that add familiar functionality from other languages (like string contains, splitting, truncating, etc...)

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require sfneal/string-helpers
```

In order to autoload to the helper functions add the following path to the autoload.files section in your composer.json.

```
"autoload": {
    "files": [
        "vendor/sfneal/string-helpers/src/strings.php"
    ]
},
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Example use of the 'truncate' helper and method.

```
# using StringHelpers import
use Sfneal\Helpers\Strings\StringHelpers;
(new StringHelpers("here is a long string we'd like to truncate"))->truncate(12);
>>> here is a lo...

# using autloaded helpers
truncateString("here is a long string we'd like to truncate", 12);
>>> here is a lo...
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Stephen Neal](https://github.com/sfneal)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

PHP Package Boilerplate
-----------------------

[](#php-package-boilerplate)

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###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~26 days

Recently: every ~82 days

Total

26

Last Release

1474d ago

Major Versions

0.4.1 → 1.0.02021-01-20

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP >=7.0

0.4.0PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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