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vbpupil/uk-postcode-validation
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UK Postcode Validation

1.0(7y ago)31091MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Feb 11Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Quality Assurance
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UK Postcode Validation
======================

[](#uk-postcode-validation)

UK postcode validation tool used to determine that a string given is a valid UK Postcode. The object then returned contains the following:

1. Type - **area classification**
2. Head - **first section of the postcode**
3. Tail - **last section of the postcode**

### How to use?

[](#how-to-use)

```
$p = new Postode('SW1A 1AA');
$p->getType(); # returns string UK_MAINLAND
$p->getHead(); # returns string SW1A
$p->getTail(); # returns string 1AA
```

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

2644d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

postcodepostcode-validationpostcodesvalidationpostcodepostcodespostcode-validation

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