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sourceability/string-matcher
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A library which makes it easy to use multiple approaches to find the best matching string

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### String Matcher

[](#string-matcher)

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---

 A PHP library that will help you to find known matches for an unknown string using a variety of algorithms and techniques.

### Prerequisites

[](#prerequisites)

- PHP 7.2 or higher

🏁 Getting Started
-----------------

[](#-getting-started)

```
composer require sourceability/string-matcher

```

You can see examples of how to use this project in the [examples](/examples) directory.

🔧 Contributing
--------------

[](#-contributing)

To run the phpunit suite:

```
make tests-unit

```

To run the CS checks:

```
make cs-checks

```

To fix automatically resolveable CS issues:

```
make cs-fix

```

To run static analysis:

```
make static-analysis

```

✍️ Authors
----------

[](#️-authors)

See the list of [contributors](https://github.com/sourceability/string-matcher/contributors) who participated in this project.

### LiquidMetal Algorithm Originators

[](#liquidmetal-algorithm-originators)

- Ryan McGeary [LiquidMetal-JS](https://github.com/rmm5t/liquidmetal)
- Kevin Jantzer [LiquidMetal-PHP](https://github.com/kjantzer/liquidmetal-php)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~253 days

Total

3

Last Release

1961d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.2

0.2.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

string-matching

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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