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struggle-for-php/angry-regex
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PHPStan Rule to detect Unfavorable Regex

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struggle-for-php/angry-regex
============================

[](#struggle-for-phpangry-regex)

PHPStan Rule to detect Unfavorable Regex.

and add more checking than PHPStan's Regex check.

Based on Tokumaru's statement
-----------------------------

[](#based-on-tokumarus-statement)

- `正規表現によるバリデーションでは ^ と $ ではなく \A と \z を使おう`
    -

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$ ../vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --level=1 src/
Note: Using configuration file /tmp/angry-regex/demo/phpstan.neon.
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 ------ -------------------------------------------------------------
  Line   Demo.php
 ------ -------------------------------------------------------------
  17     Regex pattern is invalid: Unfavorable `^` or `$` /^[0-9]+$/
 ------ -------------------------------------------------------------

 [ERROR] Found 1 error
```

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev struggle-for-php/angry-regex
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

In your `phpstan.neon` configuration, add following section:

```
includes:
	- vendor/struggle-for-php/angry-regex/rules.neon
```

Also see.
---------

[](#also-see)

\- Validator\\Ip should not allow newlines in any case. - [zendframework/zendframework#6104](https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework/pull/6104)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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 ~8 days

Total

2

Last Release

2622d ago

### Community

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