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duncan3dc/serial
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Consistent serialization helpers for multiple backends

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serial
======

[](#serial)

A collection of PHP serialization helpers with a consistent interface for each.

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Available Classes
=================

[](#available-classes)

- Json (using the native json\_\* functions)
- Yaml (using the Symfony Yaml component)
- Php (using the native serialize/unserialize functions)

Interface
=========

[](#interface)

All serialization classes implement the interface [duncan3dc\\Serial\\SerialInterface](src/SerialInterface.php)

Examples
========

[](#examples)

Convert array data to string format

```
use duncan3dc\Serial\Json;
$data = BusinessLogic::getDataAsArray();
$json = Json::encode($data);
```

Convert string formatted data to an array

```
use duncan3dc\Serial\Yaml;
$yaml = Api::getYamlResponse($request);
$response = Yaml::decode($yaml);
```

Convient methods to serialize and store data on disk

```
use duncan3dc\Serial\Json;
$filename = "/tmp/file.json";
$data = BusinessLogic::getDataAsArray();
Json::encodeToFile($filename, $data);
```

Retrieve previously stored data from disk

```
use duncan3dc\Serial\Json;
$filename = "/tmp/file.json";
$data = Json::decodeFromFile($filename);
```

ArrayObject
===========

[](#arrayobject)

The `decode()` and `decodeFromFile()` methods return a custom [ArrayObject](http://php.net/manual/en/class.arrayobject.php).

If you need a plain array you can get one like so:

```
$array = Json::decode($jsonString)->asArray();
```

There are also helper methods to convert to any of the available serialization formats.

```
$data = Json::decode($jsonString);
$yaml = $data->asYaml();
$json = $data->asJson();
$php = $data->asPhp();
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.5% 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 ~354 days

Recently: every ~590 days

Total

8

Last Release

1759d ago

Major Versions

0.4.0 → 1.0.02016-08-17

1.2.0 → 2.0.02021-07-24

PHP version history (5 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

1.1.0PHP ^5.6|^7.0

1.2.0PHP ^7.1

2.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![duncan3dc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546811?v=4)](https://github.com/duncan3dc "duncan3dc (66 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

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Tags

jsonphpserializeryamljsonyamlserializerserializationserialisationserialiser

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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