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bus-factor/json-pointer
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JSON pointer (RFC 6901: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6901) library

v0.0.3(3y ago)04MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Apr 24Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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JSON Pointer
============

[](#json-pointer)

This library provides an implementation of RFC-6901 ([JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Pointer](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6901)).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
namespace BusFactor\JsonPointer;

interface PointerInterface extends Stringable
{
    /**
     * @param array $referenceTokens
     */
    public function __construct(array $referenceTokens = []);

    /**
     * @return array
     */
    public function getReferenceTokens(): array;

    public function append(string|int $referenceToken): static;

    public function prepend(string|int $referenceToken): static;

    public static function fromJson(string $json): static;

    public function toJson(): string;
}
```

### Mutable pointer

[](#mutable-pointer)

```
$pointer = new \BusFactor\JsonPointer\Pointer(['data', 'users', '1']);
```

### Immutable pointer

[](#immutable-pointer)

```
$immutablePointer = new \BusFactor\JsonPointer\ImmutablePointer(['data', 'users', '1']);
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

1119d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/44ccde1fcae320f49bcd75fd528a532212c7da3913d74926b4f6e030d4e4fe1f?d=identicon)[bus-factor](/maintainers/bus-factor)

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Top Contributors

[![bus-factor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16355907?v=4)](https://github.com/bus-factor "bus-factor (16 commits)")

---

Tags

jsonpointerRFC6901json pointerrfcrfc-69016901jsonpointer

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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