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davidfricker/cleanjson
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A simple wrapper around PHP's Json functions giving a simple approach to error checking on decode.

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CleanJson
=========

[](#cleanjson)

A simple wrapper around PHP's JSON functions giving a simple approach to error checking on decode.

Example
-------

[](#example)

All methods are static so an example useage would be as follows:

```

```

Why
---

[](#why)

This class is a simple wrapper around PHP's JSON functions. It aims to make error detection and parsing simpler than it currently is. For example the `decode` method decodes a JSON string and returns the resulting object/array. If the decode operation fails the wrapper function will return FALSE, unlike the default implementation which returns NULL. The issue here being that a valid JSON string can be decoded and result in NULL also. This is not always desireable.

License
-------

[](#license)

Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~6 days

Total

2

Last Release

3373d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

decoderjsonjson-stringwrapper

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