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winponta/helpers
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Class helpers for common function in PHP

0.2.3(10y ago)018MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jun 16Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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helpers
=======

[](#helpers)

PHP common lib with several class helpers

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### ArrayHelper

[](#arrayhelper)

#### charsetConvertToUTF8

[](#charsetconverttoutf8)

Function to convert all values of an array to charset UTF-8

#### charsetConvert

[](#charsetconvert)

Function to convert all values of an array from one charset to another

#### verifyKeysSet

[](#verifykeysset)

Check if a key or array of keys exists in an array

#### verifyKeysSet

[](#verifykeysset-1)

Check if a key exist in a simple or multidimensional array

### StringHelper

[](#stringhelper)

#### ucwords

[](#ucwords)

Function that mimics original php ucwords, but works with exceptions and delimiters to not upper case words like (in Portuguese):

de, da, do, o, a, os .. etc.

```
$s = StringHelper::ucwords('JOÃO DA SILVA');
echo $s;
// output
// João da Silva

```

#### transliterate

[](#transliterate)

Function that simplify the String transliterating accents.

Depends on 'php-intl' extension

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Every ~7 days

Recently: every ~15 days

Total

10

Last Release

3928d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpstringhelperslibrarycommon

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