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vanderlee/multibyte
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A collection of multibyte functions.

1.1.1(10y ago)54.4kMITPHP >=5.2.0

Since Feb 11Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/vanderlee/PHP-multibyte-functions)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vanderlee/multibyte)[ Docs](https://github.com/vanderlee/PHP-multibyte-functions)[ RSS](/packages/vanderlee-multibyte/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3749d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/59428f021d3985e299ebd676bbe50fa592430f8dd1d57af38df8833b19079ee8?d=identicon)[vanderlee](/maintainers/vanderlee)

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multibytembfunctionfunctionsUTF

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