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bentools/simplexmlextended
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Some extra functions to work with SimpleXml.

1.2.0(10y ago)024.2k↓27.1%1MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Mar 5Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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SimpleXMLExtended
-----------------

[](#simplexmlextended)

Just an enhancement of the PHP5 native SimpleXmlElement. Adds the ability to add / replace / remove childs, with or without CDATA, and some method chainings such as dXpath() (for returning the 1st Xpath element found), etc. Fixes the \_\_toString() default method that does not properly convert to your encoding if you're not using UTF-8 (requires PHP 5.4+).

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

[](#installation)

Add the following line into your composer.json :

```
{
    "require": {
        "bentools/simplexmlextended": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

Enjoy.

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~30 days

Total

4

Last Release

4000d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acdd1a8ee0e657ddd06cf11f98a32100ef7121afb8aa270a5b295f5c29c038b3?d=identicon)[bpolaszek](/maintainers/bpolaszek)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

xmlSimpleXMLsimplexmlelementsimple xmlsimple xml element

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