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[Localization & i18n](/categories/localization) 4. / 5. symfony/string ActiveLibrary[Localization & i18n](/categories/localization) symfony/string ============== Provides an object-oriented API to strings and deals with bytes, UTF-8 code points and grapheme clusters in a unified way v8.0.6(3mo ago)1.8k724.1M—3.4%1920MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Nov 9Pushed 5d ago7 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/string)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/string)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-string/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (18)Versions (218)Used By (20) String Component ================ [](#string-component) The String component provides an object-oriented API to strings and deals with bytes, UTF-8 code points and grapheme clusters in a unified way. Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/string.html) - [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html) - [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony) ### Health Score 83 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance91 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity79 Solid adoption and visibility Community51 Growing community involvement Maturity95 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 50.8% 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. 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