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ability/composer-reader
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A simple composer.json file reader

1.0.3(2mo ago)0576MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI passing

Since Aug 4Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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# Composer Reader

A simple `composer.json` file reader.

## Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

```bash
composer require ability/composer-reader
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

To read and parse a `composer.json` file, you can use the `Reader` class:

```
use Ability\ComposerReader\Reader;

$context = Reader::create('/path/to/composer.json');
```

### Accessing Data

[](#accessing-data)

The `Context` class provides methods to access the data:

```
use Ability\ComposerReader\Context;

// Get a value by key
$value = $context->get('name');

// Check if a key exists
$exists = $context->has('require.php');
```

### Array Access

[](#array-access)

The `Context` class implements `ArrayAccess`, so you can use it like an array:

```
// Get a value by key
$value = $context['name'];

// Check if a key exists
$exists = isset($context['require.php']);
```

### JSON Serialization

[](#json-serialization)

The `Context` class implements `JsonSerializable`, so you can easily convert it to JSON:

```
$json = json_encode($context);
```

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.0

Development
-----------

[](#development)

To contribute to this project, you can install the development dependencies:

```
composer install
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- Roman Zhakhov

```

```

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

Every ~197 days

Total

4

Last Release

60d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=8.0

1.0.1PHP >=8.1

1.0.2PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bdd6e6e35d898df947ee34db892256315110620e44a16d37f85307cf2fa0da77?d=identicon)[roman.zhakhov](/maintainers/roman.zhakhov)

---

Top Contributors

[![RomanZhakhovTR](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/86295957?v=4)](https://github.com/RomanZhakhovTR "RomanZhakhovTR (5 commits)")

---

Tags

composerreader

###  Code Quality

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