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eastwest/json
=============

Wrap JSON encoding/decoding errors in exception

v3.0.1(8y ago)93231.9k—10%59MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since May 10Pushed 2y ago2 watchersCompare

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Wrap JSON encoding/decoding errors in exception
===============================================

[](#wrap-json-encodingdecoding-errors-in-exception)

Catch `json_encode()` and `json_decode()` errors without executing `json_last_error()`. In PHP 7.3 these functions will [throw an exception](https://laravel-news.com/php-7-3-json-error-handling).

```
use Eastwest\Json\Json;
use Eastwest\Json\JsonException;

try {
    $json = Json::encode(['key' => 'value']);
} catch (JsonException $e) {
    // code and message will match json_last_error() values:
    // @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-last-error.php#refsect1-function.json-last-error-returnvalues
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo $e->getCode();
}
```

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

[](#installation)

You'll have to follow a couple of simple steps to install this package.

### Downloading

[](#downloading)

Via [composer](http://getcomposer.org):

```
$ composer require eastwest/json:^3.0
```

Or add the package to your development dependencies in `composer.json` and run `composer update eastwest/json` to download the package:

```
{
    "require": {
        "eastwest/json": "^3.0"
    }
}
```

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###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity48

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.7% 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

Every ~11 days

Total

4

Last Release

2986d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.1 → v3.02018-06-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/463372?v=4)[eastwest](/maintainers/eastwest)[@eastwest](https://github.com/eastwest)

---

Top Contributors

[![jannejava](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/543616?v=4)](https://github.com/jannejava "jannejava (26 commits)")[![jarektkaczyk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6928818?v=4)](https://github.com/jarektkaczyk "jarektkaczyk (2 commits)")[![vanodevium](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16780069?v=4)](https://github.com/vanodevium "vanodevium (1 commits)")

---

Tags

jsonlaravel

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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