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alesanchezr/json-orm
====================

PHP Engine for a simple JSON file based database.

0.0.3(7y ago)2525PHP

Since Apr 9Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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JSON PDO
========

[](#json-pdo)

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Very simple JSON file based database manager.

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

[](#installation)

This library can be found on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/alesanchezr/json-orm).

The recommended way to install is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

Edit your `composer.json` and add :

```
{
    "require": {
       "alesanchezr/json-orm": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Install dependencies :

```
php composer.phar install
```

How use it?
-----------

[](#how-use-it)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use JsonPDO\JsonPDO;

//create a database pointing to a file or folder
$orm = new JsonPDO('./tests/data/');

//get any file from the data folder
$content = $orm->getJsonByName('countries');

//save some data into a json file
$someData = [ "ve" => "venezuela" ];
$file = $orm->toNewFile('countries');
$file->save($content);

//check if a json file exists
$exists = $orm->jsonExists('countries');

//if there are several json files, you can list them all
$allFiles = $orm->getAllFiles();

//delete a json file
$orm->deleteFile('countries');
```

Running Tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

Launch from command line :

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php tests/*
```

License MIT
-----------

[](#license-mit)

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

Authors : Alejandro Sanchez

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2593d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/61d94492a6ba90c559ef0043808e9a874a2f17d92b11d50337e8fdbba9065d52?d=identicon)[alesanchezr](/maintainers/alesanchezr)

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Top Contributors

[![alesanchezr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/426452?v=4)](https://github.com/alesanchezr "alesanchezr (12 commits)")

---

Tags

databasejsonjson-ormstatic-file-ormjsonormjson-ormobject relationship manager

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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