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casperbiering/dotnet-binary-xml
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Parsing and writing of .NET Binary Format

v2.0.0(3y ago)31.4k2[1 issues](https://github.com/casperbiering/dotnet-binary-xml/issues)MITPHPPHP >=7.3

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dotnet-binary-xml
=================

[](#dotnet-binary-xml)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9e87bc41e3b94407aae557246d39d130a378bc9847f84c896bc4e87e04181284/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f63617370657262696572696e672f646f746e65742d62696e6172792d786d6c2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/casperbiering/dotnet-binary-xml)

**dotnet-binary-xml** is a PHP implementation of the [.NET Binary Format: XML Data Structure (MC-NBFX)](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc219210.aspx).

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

[](#installation)

Just install [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) and run `composer require casperbiering/dotnet-binary-xml` in your project directory.

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

[](#requirements)

- XMLReader (PHP extension)
- XMLWriter (PHP extension)
- MBString (PHP extension)
- GMP (PHP extension)

Known/Missing Issues
--------------------

[](#knownmissing-issues)

- encoded output is not optimized
- local timezone offset in datetime

Specification Inconsistencies
-----------------------------

[](#specification-inconsistencies)

- [Spec](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc219251(v=PROT.10).aspx) says that "If the hour, minutes, seconds, and fraction of second parts are zero, the date MUST be interpreted as the following characters. yyyy-MM-dd". That does not match the [examples](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc219284.aspx).
- [Spec](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc219270(v=PROT.10).aspx) says that UnicodeChars32TextRecord MUST be encoded using MultiByteInt31. That does not match the [examples](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc219284.aspx).

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65.1% 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 ~2489 days

Total

2

Last Release

1358d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02022-08-29

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3

v2.0.0PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![casperbiering](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/461165?v=4)](https://github.com/casperbiering "casperbiering (28 commits)")[![z38](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3948085?v=4)](https://github.com/z38 "z38 (14 commits)")[![ardabeyazoglu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1159836?v=4)](https://github.com/ardabeyazoglu "ardabeyazoglu (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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