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bencodex/bencodex
=================

Bencodex reader/writer for PHP

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Since Oct 19Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Bencodex reader/writer for PHP
==============================

[](#bencodex-readerwriter-for-php)

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This package implements [Bencodex](https://bencodex.org/) serialization format which extends [Bencoding](https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html#bencoding). Complianet with Bencodex 1.2.

```
php > echo Bencodex\encode(['foo' => 123, 'bar' => [true, false]]);
du3:barltfeu3:fooi123ee
php > var_dump(Bencodex\decode('du3:barltfeu3:fooi123ee'));
object(stdClass)#4 (2) {
  ["bar"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    bool(true)
    [1]=>
    bool(false)
  }
  ["foo"]=>
  int(123)
}
```

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

[](#requirements)

[![PHP Version Requirement](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d9c6443deadd52298fdb342a4b0565f2d96d8e37ca8eeb51e87f189eb320dbc4/687474703a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f62656e636f6465782f62656e636f6465782f726571756972652f706870)](https://packagist.org/packages/bencodex/bencodex)

- PHP 5.4 or later
- [iconv](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.iconv.php) extension (`--with-iconv`)

Type correspondences
--------------------

[](#type-correspondences)

PHPBencodexNullNullBooleanBooleanIntegerIntegerDouble[1](#user-content-fn-1-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)Integer (truncated)Numeric string[2](#user-content-fn-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)Integer ≥ [`PHP_INT_MAX`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.constants.php#constant.php-int-max)String which can be decoded as UnicodeText[2](#user-content-fn-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)String otherwiseBinary[2](#user-content-fn-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)List-like array[3](#user-content-fn-3-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)ListMap-like array[1](#user-content-fn-1-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)DictionaryObjectDictionaryUsage
-----

[](#usage)

- [`\Bencodex\encode(mixed $value): string`](https://dahlia.github.io/bencodex-php/namespaces/bencodex.html#function_encode): Encodes a PHP `$value`into Bencodex data.
- [`\Bencodex\decode(string $bencodex): mixed`](https://dahlia.github.io/bencodex-php/namespaces/bencodex.html#function_decode): Decodes Bencodex data into a PHP value.

The above APIs are merely façade, and optional parameters are omitted. See the [complete API docs](https://dahlia.github.io/bencodex-php/) as well.

Footnotes
---------

1. One-way types only available for encoding. [↩](#user-content-fnref-1-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860) [↩2](#user-content-fnref-1-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)
2. One-way types only available for decoding. [↩](#user-content-fnref-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860) [↩2](#user-content-fnref-2-2-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860) [↩3](#user-content-fnref-2-3-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)
3. Determined by [`array_is_list()` function](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-is-list). [↩](#user-content-fnref-3-400ee089609372e0c42d6a385e5f1860)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

1672d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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