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soatok/left-pad
===============

Left pad a string to a fixed length

v1.0.0(10y ago)6193[1 issues](https://github.com/soatok/left-pad/issues)MITPHPPHP ^5.3|^7.0

Since Apr 8Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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left-pad
========

[](#left-pad)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1d008885d65606a4d076cdd60d47172e8b6e7ab57d55a4683d9170939ece7824/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f736f61746f6b2f6c6566742d7061642e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/soatok/left-pad)

Left pad a string.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
var_dump(left_pad('foo', 5));
# string(5) "  foo"
```

(By [@SoatokDhole](https://twitter.com/SoatokDhole))

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3688d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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