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arturdoruch/json
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JSON component

1.0.0(5y ago)027MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Jul 2Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Json
====

[](#json)

- Wraps JSON decoding and encoding actions into class. Handles decoding error.
- Provides JSON syntax highlighting.

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

[](#installation)

Install by running composer command `composer require arturdoruch/json`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Decode JSON

[](#decode-json)

```
use ArturDoruch\Json\Json;
use ArturDoruch\Json\UnexpectedJsonException;

$jsonString = '';
// Decode JSON to array or stdClass object.
// If JSON is invalid `ArturDoruch\Json\UnexpectedJsonException` is thrown.
$json = new Json($jsonString);

// Get decoded JSON.
$json->getDecoded();

// Get encoded JSON with specified options like JSON_PRETTY_PRINT.
$json->getEncoded();

// Catch decoding exception
try {
    $json = new Json($jsonString);
} catch (UnexpectedJsonException $exception) {
    // Get decoded invalid JSON.
    $exception->getJson();
    // Get error code.
    $exception->getCode();
}
```

### Highlight JSON syntax

[](#highlight-json-syntax)

```
use ArturDoruch\Json\JsonUtils;

// JSON string.
$json = '{"string": "foo bar \"baz\"", "integer": 128, "float": -1.5678, "boolean": true, "null": null}';
$classPrefix = 'json';
$highlighted = JsonUtils::highlightSyntax($json, $classPrefix);
```

Define the following CSS styles to styling JSON code:

- span.{classPrefix}-key {}
- span.{classPrefix}-string {}
- span.{classPrefix}-integer {}
- span.{classPrefix}-float {}
- span.{classPrefix}-boolean {}
- span.{classPrefix}-null {}

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2143d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5af341236bd5f7de04934e7b63ab71d774df81f5409e7fafd19ede18c0cd6c2a?d=identicon)[arturdoruch](/maintainers/arturdoruch)

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Top Contributors

[![arturdoruch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6686928?v=4)](https://github.com/arturdoruch "arturdoruch (3 commits)")

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Tags

jsonhighlight syntaxhandle decoding error

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