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spencer-mortensen/regular-expressions
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Use regular expressions through a cleaner interface

2.0.1(5y ago)02461LGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Oct 22Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Regular expressions
===================

[](#regular-expressions)

This project is available as a Composer package:
[spencer-mortensen/regular-expressions](https://packagist.org/packages/spencer-mortensen/regular-expressions)

Unit tests
----------

[](#unit-tests)

This project uses the [Lens](http://lens.guide) unit-testing framework.

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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~130 days

Recently: every ~238 days

Total

9

Last Release

2077d ago

Major Versions

1.2.4 → 2.0.02020-07-23

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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