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bogosoft/serialization
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Serialization-related contracts and implementations for PHP.

1.0.0(6y ago)010MITPHPPHP >=7.1CI failing

Since Dec 24Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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bogosoft/serialization
----------------------

[](#bogosoftserialization)

A library of contracts and simple implementations for serializing and deserializing data.

#### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1+

#### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer install bogosoft/serialization
```

#### Interfaces

[](#interfaces)

Interface NameDescription`IDeserializer`A strategy for deserializing data from an input stream.`ISerializer`A strategy for serializing data to an output stream.#### Implementations

[](#implementations)

Implementation NameDescription`JsonSerializer`A JSON serializer/deserializer.`PhpSerializer`A serializer/deserializer implementation that relies on PHP's `serialize` and `unserialize` functions.#### Example Usage

[](#example-usage)

```
$serializer = new \Bogosoft\Serialization\PhpSerializer();

$expected = 'Hello, World!';

$handle = fopen('php://memory', 'r+b');

$serialization = $serializer->serialize($handle, $expected);

fseek($handle, 0);

$actual = $serializer->deserialize($handle);

var_dump($actual === $expected); # outputs: bool(true)
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2336d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

jsonserialization

###  Code Quality

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