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webpatser/laravel-sanitize
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Laravel package to sanatize a string for use as URL's. It uses the PHP Normalizer class and fills whitespace with dashes.

1.0(12y ago)838.2k↓45%2[2 issues](https://github.com/webpatser/laravel-sanitize/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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[](#laravel-sanitize-)

Laravel package to sanitize a string for use in URL's

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

[](#installation)

Add `webpatser/laravel-sanitize` to `composer.json`.

```
"webpatser/laravel-sanitize": "dev-master"

```

Run `composer update` to get the latest version of Sanitize.

Edit `app/config/app.php` and add the `alias`

```
'aliases' => array(
    'Sanitize' => 'Webpatser\Sanitize\Sanitize',
)

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
Sanitize::string('Sanitize me please!'); // sanitize-me-please

```

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

It uses the PHP Normalizer class and does some extra magic, and wraps it in the Laravel 4 grand scheme of things.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

4581d 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 (16 commits)")

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Tags

laravel sanitize URL

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