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shawnveltman/texthelpers
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A short collection of text helpers that dont yet exist in the Laravel string helpers

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This is my package texthelpers
==============================

[](#this-is-my-package-texthelpers)

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require shawnveltman/texthelpers
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \Shawnveltman\Texthelpers\TextTrait;
```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

This package contains a trait with the following functions:

```
stripEverythingButNumbersAndPeriods

stripEverythingButNumbers

money_from_cents
Takes in a string or integer with no decimal point (12345), and returns it formatted as a dollar string ($123.45)

money_from_dollars
Takes in a string or integer with a decimal point (123.45), and returns it formatted as a dollar string ($123.45)

format_phone_number
Formats a 10 digit phone number as (xxx) xxx-xxxx (also strips leading 1s)

get_twilio_formatted_number
Adds a +1 to a 10 digit phone number (+1xxxxxxxxxx)

get_ten_digit_phone_number

format_postal_code
Splits a 6 digit string into 2 3 digit components (A1B 2C3)

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

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

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Shawn Veltman](https://github.com/shawnveltman)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

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Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity23

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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**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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8326484?v=4)[Shawn Veltman](/maintainers/shawnveltman)[@shawnveltman](https://github.com/shawnveltman)

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