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flobee/spss
===========

SPSS is a php-based implementation of IBM SPSS Statistics Standard. (Read/write SPSS, PSPP .sav files)

5.0.0(4y ago)1119.7k↓16.7%6[1 PRs](https://github.com/flobee/spss/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=5.6

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SPSS / PSPP
===========

[](#spss--pspp)

project currently not maintained. Check github.com/tiamo/spss
-------------------------------------------------------------

[](#project-currently-not-maintained-check-githubcomtiamospss)

A PHP library for reading and writing SPSS / PSPP .sav data files.

VERSION 4.\* (see [upgrade section](#upgrade-to-version-3) for details)

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Fork of tiamo/spss. Mostly same code base. Introdusing a more complete test enviroment which now exists over there. So, one day i switch back to it.

**Table of contents**

- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Demo/ Examples/ playground](#demo-examples-playground)
- [Tests / Developers](#tests--developers)
    - [Install using shell](#install-using-shell)
    - [Update existing code](#update-existing-code)
    - [Running tests](#running-tests)
    - [Upgrade to version 3.\*](#upgrade-to-version-3)
- [Changelog](#changelog)
- [License](#license)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP 8.0 and up.

- php-cli
- php-mdstring
- php-bcmath

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/)

Either run

```
composer require flobee/spss

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file [see here](https://packagist.org/packages/flobee/spss)or download from [here](https://github.com/flobee/spss/releases).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In folder [examples/](/examples/) you will find some more examples.

Reader example:

```
$reader = \SPSS\Sav\Reader::fromFile('path/to/file.sav')->read();

```

or

```
$reader = \SPSS\Sav\Reader::fromString(file_get_contents('path/to/file.sav'))->read();

```

Writer example:

```
$writer = new \SPSS\Sav\Writer([
    'header' => [
            'prodName'     => '@(#) SPSS DATA FILE test',
            'layoutCode'   => 2,
            'compression'  => 1,
            'weightIndex'  => 0,
            'bias'         => 100,
            'creationDate' => '13 Feb 89',
            'creationTime' => '23:58:59',
    ],
    'variables' => [
        [
                'name'     => 'VAR1',
                'width'    => 0,
                'decimals' => 0
                'format'   => 5,
                'columns'  => 50,
                'align'    => 1,
                'measure'  => 1,
                'data'     => [
                    1, 2, 3
                ],
        ],
        ...
    ]
]);
...

```

Tests / Developers
------------------

[](#tests--developers)

### Install using shell

[](#install-using-shell)

```
git clone https://github.com/flobee/spss.git
cd spss/
git submodule init # once
git submodule update --recursive # upgrading (after a `git pull`)

```

Initialy or for upgrades to get development dependencies:

```
composer install

```

For more dev-tools you may install phpstan/phpstan `composer require -dev phpstan/phpstan`which shows a lot of stucture problems of the application and it should getting more attention (beginning with level=1).

### Update existing code

[](#update-existing-code)

```
git pull
git submodule update
composer install

```

### Running tests

[](#running-tests)

```
VERSION 4:
Improved additions for CI systems (e.g: jenkins) where `phing` is the
prefered build tool. `composer` the prefered package manager.

# shows you the options
./phing -l

# executes the tests
./phing test

# executes the tests and create the code coverage
./phing coverage

# run all tasks (CS checks, coverage, tests, sca...)
./phing all

...

cd tests
sh ./runTests.sh

# have a look at ../docs/CodeCoverage (use a browser after execution)
sh ./runTestsCoverageCreate.sh

# playground:
php readerDemo.php | less
# or to update tmp file to check for changes:
php readerDemo.php > data/pspp.sav.printr.txt

```

### Upgrade to version 3.\*

[](#upgrade-to-version-3)

Update your composer.json

```
{
    ...
    "require": {
        "flobee/spss": "3.*",
    },
    ...
}

```

Next:

```
composer update flobee/spss

```

Dependency Errors?

If you get dependency errors, you may upgrade other spss dependencies too. If so try the following:

```
composer update flobee/spss --with-dependencies

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please have a look in [docs/CHANGELOG.md](docs/CHANGELOG.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

Please have a look in [License text](LICENSE.md)

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.6% 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 ~74 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

22

Last Release

1540d ago

Major Versions

2.1.5 → 3.1.42019-09-20

2.2.0 → 3.1.52020-09-08

2.2.2 → 4.0.0-beta12021-03-08

3.1.6 → 4.1.02022-02-25

3.1.7 → 5.0.02022-02-28

PHP version history (7 changes)2.0.0PHP 5.3.\* || 7.\*

3.0.0PHP 7.2.\*

2.1.0PHP >=5.5

3.1.3PHP 7.2.\* || 7.3.\*

3.1.4PHP 7.3.\*

3.1.5PHP 7.2.\* || 7.3.\* || 7.4.\*

2.2.2PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

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