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webpatser/fledge-portable-ascii
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PHP 8.5 optimized portable-ascii for Fledge — max performance with ext-mbstring.

v1.0.0(2mo ago)18311MITPHPPHP ^8.5

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webpatser/fledge-portable-ascii
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[](#webpatserfledge-portable-ascii)

PHP 8.5 optimized drop-in replacement for [`voku/portable-ascii`](https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii), built for [Fledge](https://github.com/webpatser/fledge-framework).

Why a separate package?
-----------------------

[](#why-a-separate-package)

The base [`webpatser/portable-ascii`](https://github.com/webpatser/portable-ascii) supports PHP 8.1+ and conditionally detects extensions at runtime. This variant requires PHP 8.5 and ext-mbstring, removing all conditionals for maximum performance:

- No runtime capability detection: mbstring is always available
- `mb_str_split()` directly (no `preg_match_all` fallback)
- `mb_convert_encoding()` for UTF-8 cleaning (no regex fallback)
- All PHP 8.5 features enabled unconditionally

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require webpatser/fledge-portable-ascii
```

Replaces both `voku/portable-ascii` and `webpatser/portable-ascii` via Composer's `replace` directive.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.5+
- ext-mbstring (required, not optional)
- ext-intl (optional, used in strict transliteration mode)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Same API as `voku/portable-ascii`:

```
use voku\helper\ASCII;

ASCII::to_ascii('Düsseldorf', 'de');    // 'Duesseldorf'
ASCII::to_slugify('Hello Wörld!');      // 'hello-woerld'
ASCII::to_transliterate('こんにちは');   // 'konnichiha'
ASCII::is_ascii('hello');               // true
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Based on [webpatser/portable-ascii](https://github.com/webpatser/portable-ascii), which is a modernized fork of [voku/portable-ascii](https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii) by [Lars Moelleken](https://github.com/voku).

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

45

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FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

61d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e442a1d15a5b64438f3b471acfded80951afb1bed23641cfd80c5254099eab9d?d=identicon)[webpatser](/maintainers/webpatser)

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Top Contributors

[![webpatser](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25720?v=4)](https://github.com/webpatser "webpatser (2 commits)")

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Tags

slugunicodeasciitransliteratephp85fledge

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TestsPest

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