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chillerlan/php-id3tag
=====================

ID3 tag reader. PHP7.4+

214PHP

Since May 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-id3tag
==========

[](#php-id3tag)

An [id3 tag](https://id3.org/) reader.

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Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.4+

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

[](#installation)

**requires [composer](https://getcomposer.org)**

### *composer.json*

[](#composerjson)

(note: replace `dev-main` with a [version boundary](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/versions.md#summary))

```
{
	"require": {
		"php": "^7.4",
		"chillerlan/php-id3tag": "dev-main"
	}
}
```

Profit!

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use chillerlan\ID3Tag\ID3;

$id3 = new ID3;

// ID3::read() returns an ID3Data object
$data = $id3->read('/path/to/my.mp3');

if($data->id3v2 !== null){
	foreach($data->id3v2 as $tagdata){
		// ...
		var_dump($tagdata);
	}
}
```

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity30

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ada3d048807a11e536645fb87da881170b18f34c0c61fa09e34807c5d79e0b89?d=identicon)[codemasher](/maintainers/codemasher)

---

Top Contributors

[![codemasher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/592497?v=4)](https://github.com/codemasher "codemasher (15 commits)")

---

Tags

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