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dannyb/phydrator
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PHP entity hydration

v1.0(5y ago)113MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Feb 13Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHydrator
=========

[](#phydrator)

A simple utility library for entity hydration in PHP.

Defining a Hydrator
-------------------

[](#defining-a-hydrator)

All that should be necessary is to have an entity class (using PHP7.4+ property types), and then a very simple class such as this:

```
namespace PHydrator\Hydrator;

use PHydrator\AbstractHydrator;

class MyHydrator extends AbstractHydrator
{
    protected const ENTITY_CLASS = MyEntity::class;
}
```

Autoloading Hydrators
---------------------

[](#autoloading-hydrators)

The recommended method of registering hydrators is to specify a namespace in the config when initialising PHydrator:

```
use PHydrator\Config;
use PHydrator\PHydrator;
// ...
$config = new Config();
$config->autoloadNamespace = "App\\Hydrators";
$pHydrator = new PHydrator($config);
// ...
```

If an autoload namespace isn't specified, you will need to manually register your hydrators.

Note that this is also an option if you have hydrators in other namespaces.

```
use PHydrator\PHydrator;
// ...
$pHydrator = new PHydrator();
$pHydrator->registerHydrator(MyHydrator::class);
// ...
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1918d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5d2cfc4a37f6379be82c2818c59d06be5eb33a0ebfc0e4b44b8bc8187f43a9c4?d=identicon)[DannyBattison](/maintainers/DannyBattison)

---

Top Contributors

[![DannyBattison](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9880796?v=4)](https://github.com/DannyBattison "DannyBattison (31 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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