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cstabor/protoc-gen-php
======================

protoc generator plugin for PECL ProtocolBuffers

0.3(8y ago)05BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Feb 11Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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protoc-gen-php
==============

[](#protoc-gen-php)

protoc php generator plugin .

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/374946cfa78df9a0d24f010a9b74964902cf181dde35d9871505fc84dbe3cf99/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f63686f6269652f70726f746f632d67656e2d7068702e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/chobie/protoc-gen-php)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

you can install protoc-gen-php with composer command.

```
# add protocolbuffers/protoc-gen-php entry to your global composer.json ($HOME/.composer/composer.json)
{
    "require": {
        "cstabor/protoc-gen-php": "0.3"
    }
}

# install with composer
composer global install
# set PATH (add this line to your .bashrc or .zshrc.)
export PATH=$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin/:$PATH

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
# this will link composer/bin/protoc-gen-php to /usr/local/bin/protoc-gen-php
protoc --php_out= -I. person.proto

# you can also specify the command.
protoc --plugin=vendor/bin/protoc-gen-php --php_out= -I. person.proto

```

Features
--------

[](#features)

### Yaml based insertion

[](#yaml-based-insertion)

protoc has comment based `insertion point` mechanism. it's very usefull to customize generated message. but you need to write custom plugin when using that. protoc-gen-php has pragmatic feature which will check `.protoc.php.yml` and insert contents when matched.

see

### Environments

[](#environments)

you can override protoc-gen-php behavior with environemnts.

keydescriptionexamplePACKAGEover ride package name. expects dot delimited package namePACKAGE=chobie.ioPEAR\_STYLEdon't use namespace.PEAR\_STYLE=1requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [php-protocolbuffers](https://github.com/chobie/php-protocolbuffers)

License
-------

[](#license)

new BSD License

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.6% 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 ~447 days

Total

4

Last Release

3131d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1938af4785878fa6f22b3c92233701be0f5fec4da5618e185799729c225caa1d?d=identicon)[cstabor](/maintainers/cstabor)

---

Top Contributors

[![chobie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/195038?v=4)](https://github.com/chobie "chobie (60 commits)")[![cstabor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3190851?v=4)](https://github.com/cstabor "cstabor (4 commits)")[![ossinkine](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2588533?v=4)](https://github.com/ossinkine "ossinkine (2 commits)")[![bitdeli-chef](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3092978?v=4)](https://github.com/bitdeli-chef "bitdeli-chef (1 commits)")

---

Tags

protocol buffersprotoc

###  Code Quality

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