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dunglas/php-to-json-schema
==========================

Generate a JSON schema from a PHP entity

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PHP to JSON Schema
==================

[](#php-to-json-schema)

**This library is deprecated, use [API Platform JSON Schema](https://api-platform.com/docs/core/json-schema/) instead.**

Creates a JSON Schema from a PHP entity. Useful to ensure that a given JSON document will be deserialized properly in an object graph.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Use [https://getcomposer.org](Composer) to install the library:

```
composer require dunglas/php-to-json-schema

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Dunglas\PhpToJsonSchema\Generator;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\ReflectionExtractor;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractor;

class MyClass
{
    private $foo;
    private $bar;

    public function setFoo(string $foo)
    {
        $this->foo = $foo;
    }

    public function setBar(float $bar = null)
    {
        $this->bar = $bar;
    }

    // ...
}

$reflectionExtractor = new ReflectionExtractor();
$propertyInfoExtractor = new PropertyInfoExtractor([$reflectionExtractor], [$reflectionExtractor], [], [$reflectionExtractor]);

$generator = new Generator($propertyInfoExtractor);
echo json_encode($generator->generate(MyClass::class));
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Created by [Kévin Dunglas](https://dunglas.fr).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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

3772d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57224?v=4)[Kévin Dunglas](/maintainers/dunglas)[@dunglas](https://github.com/dunglas)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

jsonjson-schemaphpphpjsonvalidationjson-schemaentity

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