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webexmachina/contao-utils
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Utilities for Contao Open Source CMS

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Extension "Utilities" for Contao Open Source CMS
================================================

[](#extension-utilities-for-contao-open-source-cms)

Functionalities
---------------

[](#functionalities)

- Provide some utilities for develop Contao extensions
- Class to execute commands
- Class to generate strings
- Class ScopeMatcher to check if request is backend/frontend
- Extends Contao Query Builder
- Extends Contao String Util
- Extends Contao Model abstract class
- Provide a service for encrypt and decrypt data with blowfish
- Provide a Twig Extension to add Twig features as functions and filters

Twig Filters
------------

[](#twig-filters)

- `preg_replace`: call the PHP function `preg_replace` with two string arguments: `pattern` and `replace`
- `html_entity_decode`: call the PHP function `html_entity_decode`

System requirements
-------------------

[](#system-requirements)

- Contao 4.\* (Manager Edition)

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

[](#installation)

Clone the extension from Packagist (Contao 4 - Manager Edition) or directly from Composer

Enable Encryption Service
-------------------------

[](#enable-encryption-service)

need to be explicitly enabled in your services.yml like this :

```
services:
    WEM\UtilsBundle\Classes\Encryption:
        arguments:
            $secret: '%env(APP_SECRET)%'
            $truncateKey: false
```

If you used the old contao service encryption, and you have some old data encrypted with, set truncateKey at true.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Change log](CHANGELOG.md)
- [Git repository](https://github.com/web-ex-machina/contao-utils)
- [Hooks](/docs/HOOKS.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

This extension is licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. The full license text is available in the main folder.

Getting support
---------------

[](#getting-support)

Visit the [support page](https://github.com/web-ex-machina/contao-utils/issues) to submit an issue or just get in touch :)

Installing from Git
-------------------

[](#installing-from-git)

You can get the extension with this repository URL : [Github](https://github.com/web-ex-machina/contao-utils)

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.1% 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 ~57 days

Total

37

Last Release

124d ago

Major Versions

0.3.14 → 1.0.02023-08-14

1.x-dev → 2.0.02024-06-25

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP ^5.6|^7.0

0.3.11PHP ^5.6|^7.0|^8.0

1.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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