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collecthor/spss
===============

SPSS is a php-based implementation of IBM SPSS Statistics Standard

v3.1.1(4y ago)023.6kMITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Mar 7Pushed 4y agoCompare

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SPSS / PSPP
===========

[](#spss--pspp)

A PHP library for reading and writing SPSS / PSPP .sav data files. This library was forked from tiamo/spss since the original is not seeing a lot of activity.

VERSION 2.1.0 ([CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md))

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Plans
=====

[](#plans)

The plan is, in time, to fully rewrite this library to allow for streaming large datasets.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.3.0 and up (this fork will not support PHP versions that do not have [active support](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php))
- mbstring extension
- bcmath extension

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
composer require collecthor/spss

```

or add

```
"tiamo/spss": "*"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` [file](https://packagist.org/packages/tiamo/spss)or download from [here](https://github.com/tiamo/spss/releases).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Reader example:

```
// Initialize reader
$reader = \collecthor\spss\Reader::fromFile('path/to/file.sav');

// Read header data
$reader->readHeader();
// var_dump($reader->header);

// Read full data
$reader->read();
// var_dump($reader->variables);
// var_dump($reader->valueLabels);
// var_dump($reader->documents);
// var_dump($reader->data);
```

or

```
$reader = \collecthor\spss\Reader::fromString(file_get_contents('path/to/file.sav'))->read();
```

Writer example:

```
$writer = new \collecthor\spss\Writer([
    'header' => [
            'prodName'     => '@(#) SPSS DATA FILE test',
            'layoutCode'   => 2,
            'compression'  => 1,
            'weightIndex'  => 0,
            'bias'         => 100,
            'creationDate' => '01 Feb 01',
            'creationTime' => '01:01:01',
    ],
    'variables' => [
        [
                'name'     => 'VAR1', # For UTF-8, 64 / 3 = 21, mb_substr($var1, 0, 21);
                'width'    => 0,
                'decimals' => 0,
                'format'   => 5,
                'columns'  => 50,
                'align'    => 1,
                'measure'  => 1,
                'data'     => [
                    1, 2, 3
                ],
        ],
        ...
    ]
]);
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please have a look in [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.8% 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 ~114 days

Recently: every ~92 days

Total

16

Last Release

1642d ago

Major Versions

2.2.2 → 3.0.02020-11-13

PHP version history (5 changes)2.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.1.0PHP >=5.5

2.1.6PHP >=7.3

3.0.0PHP >=7.4

v3.1.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/18b13c534e3812b66a72645fe215301b54fc4d288f6396fee9385b681e27da18?d=identicon)[SamMousa](/maintainers/SamMousa)

---

Top Contributors

[![tiamo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1963342?v=4)](https://github.com/tiamo "tiamo (79 commits)")[![SamMousa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/547021?v=4)](https://github.com/SamMousa "SamMousa (14 commits)")[![mennodekker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/922643?v=4)](https://github.com/mennodekker "mennodekker (12 commits)")[![blp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/613451?v=4)](https://github.com/blp "blp (1 commits)")[![pcholewasw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/79566577?v=4)](https://github.com/pcholewasw "pcholewasw (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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