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tomwilford/php-utf8-to-rtf
==========================

A simple package to convert UTF8 characters to RTF

v1.1.1(1mo ago)09.9k—6.7%BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0CI passing

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PHP UTF8 To RTF
===============

[](#php-utf8-to-rtf)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

A simple PHP class for converting UTF8 characters to an RTF safe version in a string.

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

[](#installation)

`composer require tomwilford/php-utf8-to-rtf`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

> Requires PHP 7.4 or higher

Instantiate the converter using:

```
$converter = new CharacterConverter();
```

To find and replace UTF8 characters with RTF safe versions in a long string use:

```
$convertedString = $converter->findAndReplace($string);
```

Or, for shorter strings and characters, simply convert the whole string:

```
$convertedString = $converter->convertStringToRtf($string);
```

You can also convert an array of UTF8 strings:

```
$convertedArray = $converter->convertArrayToRtf($arrayOfStrings);
```

Finally, if you need to do any additional processing on the UTF8 characters before converting, you can extract them as an array using:

```
$arrayToConvert = $converter->locateCharactersInString($string);
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

PHPUnit tests have been written using series of pangrams sourced online to try to best capture as many characters as possible in different languages being used in a natural way. Please see the [Pangrams trait](tests/Trait/Pangrams.php) for the pangram sources' credits.

There also is a short script that can [generate a test RTF file](tests/scripts/generate-test-rtf.php) that can be opened in a word processor to verify the results.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome, please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

Software License
----------------

[](#software-license)

Copyright (c) 2022. Tom Wilford All rights reserved.

This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~640 days

Total

3

Last Release

44d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![TomWilford](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28453594?v=4)](https://github.com/TomWilford "TomWilford (37 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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