jord-jd/php-reading-time

Calculates reading time for text

v3.0.0 2026-02-14 23:34 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.1

Requires (Dev)

• php-coveralls/php-coveralls: ^2.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^7.0 || ^8.0

Replaces

• divineomega/php-reading-time: v3.0.0

LGPL-3.0-only

• Jordan Hall

README

This PHP library lets you easily calculate the reading time for a piece of text.

Installation

You can install PHP Reading Time using Composer, as follows.

composer require jord-jd/php-reading-time

Usage

The following examples show how you can use PHP Reading Time to calculate the reading time in minutes or seconds. You can also set a reading speed in words per minute (default: 200 wpm).

$readingTime = new ReadingTime($text);

$readingTime->seconds();
$readingTime->minutes();

$readingTime->setWordsPerMinute(240)->minutes();