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PHP library to read any ESRI Shapefile and its associated DBF into a PHP Array or WKT

v2.0.1(9y ago)14051MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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PHP ShapeFile
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[](#php-shapefile)

PHP Class to read any *ESRI Shapefile* and its associated DBF into a PHP Array or WKT

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Documentation and examples at

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~8 days

Total

2

Last Release

3472d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![gasparesganga](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8983200?v=4)](https://github.com/gasparesganga "gasparesganga (4 commits)")[![coreation](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/361244?v=4)](https://github.com/coreation "coreation (3 commits)")[![Jeffrey-Invest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14127934?v=4)](https://github.com/Jeffrey-Invest "Jeffrey-Invest (1 commits)")

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Tags

ShapefileshpdbfshapeESRI

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