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fandogh/php-ubjson
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v0.2.2(9y ago)1627BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jul 8Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP-UBJSON
==========

[](#php-ubjson)

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A library to read and write to the [Universal Binary JSON](http://ubjson.org/ "ubjson.org") (Draft 9) format using PHP

Install using composer
======================

[](#install-using-composer)

Using command line:

```
composer require fandogh/php-ubjson
```

Or add this to your `composer.json` file:

```
"require": {
  ...
  "fandogh/php-ubjson": "^0.2.2",
  ...
}
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

PLEASE NOTE THAT ENCODED RESULT IS A BINARY STRING and some charachters are non printable!!

```
// Don't forget to require autoload.php with correct path
require './vendor/autoload.php';

// Test data
$payload = ['hello'=>123];

// Encode using UBJSON
$encoded = \UBJSON::encode($payload);

# Incorrect!
echo($encoded); // {SU�helloU{}

# Correct!
echo(bin2hex($encoded)); // "7b53550568656c6c6f557b7d"

// Test decoding
$decoded = \UBJSON::decode($encoded);

var_dump($decoded); // array(1) { ["hello"]=> int(123) }
```

Licence
=======

[](#licence)

This code is distributed under BSD license.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.8% 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 ~373 days

Total

4

Last Release

3623d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP  5.3.0

v0.2PHP >=5.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/247155?v=4)[Shayan Pooya](/maintainers/pooya)[@pooya](https://github.com/pooya)

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Top Contributors

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