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yarri/utf8-cleaner
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Removes invalid UTF-8 characters from the given text

v1.1(6y ago)05.6k↑37%1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jan 7Pushed 6mo agoCompare

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Utf8Cleaner
===========

[](#utf8cleaner)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93cbe987121044d58b3555e0f02a0a24b259964f7db3e3681a710a8306711fbb/68747470733a2f2f6170702e7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f79617272692f55746638436c65616e65722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://app.travis-ci.com/yarri/Utf8Cleaner)

Removes invalid UTF-8 byte sequences from the given text.

Utf8Cleaner is inspired by

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Consider you have a string with an illegal UTF-8 byte sequence.

```
$invalid_char = chr(200).chr(200); // invalid byte sequence for UTF-8
$malformed_text = "Příliš žluťoučk$invalid_char kůň";

$text = \Yarri\Utf8Cleaner::Clean($malformed_text);

```

By default, each invalid byte sequence is replaced with � (i.e. a black diamond with a white question mark - REPLACEMENT CHARACTER used to replace an unknown, unrecognized or unrepresentable character, U+FFFD).

```
echo $text; // "Příliš žluťoučk� kůň"

```

The default replacement can be overridden by an option.

```
$text = \Yarri\Utf8Cleaner::Clean($malformed_text,["replacement" => "?"]);
// or
$text = \Yarri\Utf8Cleaner::Clean($malformed_text,"?");

echo $text; // "Příliš žluťoučk? kůň"

```

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

[](#installation)

The best way how to install Utf8Cleaner is to use the Composer:

```
composer require yarri/utf8-cleaner

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer update --dev
./vendor/bin/run_unit_tests test/

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Utf8Cleaner is free software distributed [under the terms of the MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance47

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~45 days

Total

2

Last Release

2278d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

utf-8utf8cleancleanerfixremoverglitchglitches

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