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alexkratky/variable-to-json
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Convert any variable or object to json.

v1.0.0(6y ago)0511MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Apr 13Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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VariableToJson
==============

[](#variabletojson)

Convert any variable or object to json.

### Installation

[](#installation)

`composer require alexkratky/variable-to-json`

### Usage

[](#usage)

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

use AlexKratky\VariableToJson;

$x = new TestClass(); // test class
$x->load();
$x->load2();
$x->load3();

file_put_contents("output.json", VariableToJson::convert($x, true));

file_put_contents("output2.json", VariableToJson::convert([
    'test' => 1
], true));

file_put_contents("output3.json", VariableToJson::convert(function(string $text ="xx") {
    echo $text;
}, true));
```

### Custom options

[](#custom-options)

- `setDepth($maxDepth = 5)` - Set maximum depth of object's scan
- `setLength($maxLength = 300)` - Set maximum string length

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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 ~15 days

Total

3

Last Release

2190d ago

Major Versions

v0.2.0 → v1.0.02020-05-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b26914cbd1aae790e4de261206944ef146af64f8f9fc8b4484c0697dfa333d05?d=identicon)[AlexKratky](/maintainers/AlexKratky)

---

Top Contributors

[![AlexKratky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33813757?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexKratky "AlexKratky (6 commits)")

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Tags

phpjsonconvertobjectvariable

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