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vdhicts/replacer
================

Package to easily replace values in text for templating purposes.

v4.0.0(1mo ago)02871MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI failing

Since Feb 19Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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Replacer
========

[](#replacer)

This package allows you to easily replace values in text for templating purposes, like email messages from the database.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This package requires PHP 8.2+.

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

[](#installation)

Install the package with composer:

`composer require vdhicts/replacer`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$text = 'Hello [USERNAME]!';
$data = [
    'username' => 'World'
];

$replacer = new Replacer();
$replacer->process($text, $data);
```

### Custom delimiters

[](#custom-delimiters)

When initialising the `Replacer`, custom delimiters can be provided.

```
$text = 'Hello %USERNAME#!';
$data = [
    'username' => 'World'
];

$replacer = new Replacer('%', '#');
$replacer->process($text, $data);
```

The delimiters can also be provided after initialising:

```
$replacer
    ->setOpenDelimiter('%')
    ->setCloseDelimiter('#');
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Full code coverage unit tests are available in the tests folder. Run via phpunit:

`vendor\bin\phpunit`

By default a coverage report will be generated in the build/coverage folder.

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Any contribution is welcome, but it should be fully tested, meet the PSR-2 standard and please create one pull request per feature. In exchange you will be credited as contributor on this page.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues in this or other packages of Vdhicts, please email instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~983 days

Total

4

Last Release

57d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02019-12-11

2.0.0 → 3.0.02021-09-14

3.0.0 → v4.0.02026-03-18

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ~7.0

3.0.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v4.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/88d23e7b707d1cfe0eea91c00590613f45e0c75cb0a3ce89354328332e5c0c02?d=identicon)[vdhicts](/maintainers/vdhicts)

---

Top Contributors

[![dvdheiden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/90568118?v=4)](https://github.com/dvdheiden "dvdheiden (17 commits)")

---

Tags

phpreplace

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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