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PHP Pearson Hashing
===================

[](#php-pearson-hashing)

Implementation of [Pearson Hashing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_hashing) algorithm for PHP.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require t-kuni/php-pearson-hashing

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
use TKuni\PhpPearsonHashing\PearsonHasher;

$hasher = new PearsonHasher();
echo $hasher->hash(8, 'any message');

```

Output:

```
82eed2e9264c7400

```

### Description Of hash()

[](#description-of-hash)

```
public function hash(int $length, string $data, bool $raw_output = false)

```

#### Parameters

[](#parameters)

- length
    - hash length in bytes.
- message
    - Message to be hashed.
- raw\_output
    - When set to TRUE, outputs raw binary data. FALSE outputs lowercase hexits.

#### Return Values

[](#return-values)

Returns a string containing the calculated message digest as lowercase hexits unless raw\_output is set to true in which case the raw binary representation of the message digest is returned.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2343d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7825234?v=4)[t-kuni](/maintainers/t-kuni)[@t-kuni](https://github.com/t-kuni)

---

Top Contributors

[![t-kuni](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7825234?v=4)](https://github.com/t-kuni "t-kuni (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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