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vanderlee/multibyte
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A collection of multibyte functions.

1.1.1(10y ago)54.4k[1 issues](https://github.com/vanderlee/PHP-multibyte-functions/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

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PHP multibyte functions
=======================

[](#php-multibyte-functions)

Version 1.1.1

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Copyright © 2015-2016 Martijn van der Lee. MIT Open Source license applies.

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This is just a collection of multibyte (mb\_\*) functions to augment the builtin functions.

Unittests included.

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

### mb\_explode

[](#mb_explode)

`array mb_explode($pattern, $subject[, $limit = -1[, $flags = 0 ] ])`

Multibyte version of `preg_split`, including all it's flags.

The `$pattern` behaves like the patterns of `mb_split`, all other arguments and the return is like preg\_split.

### mb\_trim

[](#mb_trim)

`string mb_trim($string)`

Trims whitespace from both the left and right side of the string.

### mb\_ucfirst

[](#mb_ucfirst)

`string mb_ucfirst($string[, string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding() ])`

Make a string's first character uppercase.

### mb\_ucwords

[](#mb_ucwords)

`string mb_ucwords($string[, string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding() ])`

Uppercase the first character of each word in a string.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3795d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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