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trask/utils
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For the lulz

0.10(8y ago)1111MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Mar 30Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/matthewtrask/utils)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/trask/utils)[ RSS](/packages/trask-utils/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 5d ago

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### STRING CHECKER

[](#string-checker)

[![Travis](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c516581a0d5dfd8b513268853d4d33634e64c3dc93d697e0a06235afba19bb81/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f555345522f5245504f2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/matthewtrask/utils)

Check if a value passed in is a string or not.

Dont use this, this is just a joke.

Inspired by the "is integer" and "is 13" libraries in JS.

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.5% 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

2969d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3b1b25592327e749dae7ba51a6288ddf69fa6cca6f680b86cce1941bddcde92a?d=identicon)[matthewtrask](/maintainers/matthewtrask)

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Top Contributors

[![matthewtrask](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4731244?v=4)](https://github.com/matthewtrask "matthewtrask (23 commits)")[![dcarbone](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1392439?v=4)](https://github.com/dcarbone "dcarbone (2 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

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Tags

lolphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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