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callumacrae/plist
=================

A plist parser for PHP

1.1.0(13y ago)247CC By-Sa 3.0PHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Jul 12Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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callumacrae/plist
=================

[](#callumacraeplist)

This plist parser simply parses a plist file and returns an array of data found in the file. It is extremely easy to use; the following line of code is an example of how it works:

```
$array = plist::Parse('path/to/file');
```

The demo (itunes\_demo.php) will parse the iTunes plist file - remember to tell it where it is - and tell you how long you have listened to your music for. *DO NOT USE THE DEMO ON A LIVE SERVER.* It can use a lot of resources, and is also vulnerable to RFI injection (kind of intentional to keep the script simpler).

It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license:

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

5051d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11d56982f4776c2c7d10fbef8c41c5947e55bc317cb50c21109691fc3e667b7c?d=identicon)[callumacrae](/maintainers/callumacrae)

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Top Contributors

[![callumacrae](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/472830?v=4)](https://github.com/callumacrae "callumacrae (21 commits)")

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Tags

xmlparserplist

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