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gasparesganga/php-shapefile
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PHP library to read and write ESRI Shapefiles, compatible with WKT and GeoJSON

v3.4.1(2y ago)1511.6M—9.7%52[2 PRs](https://github.com/gasparesganga/php-shapefile/pulls)18MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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PHP ShapeFile
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[](#php-shapefile)

PHP library to read and write ESRI Shapefiles, compatible with WKT and GeoJSON

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Documentation and examples at

###  Health Score

47

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FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity58

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community31

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.3% 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 ~108 days

Recently: every ~276 days

Total

24

Last Release

994d ago

Major Versions

v2.4.3 → v3.0.02019-08-30

PHP version history (2 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v2.4.1PHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![gasparesganga](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8983200?v=4)](https://github.com/gasparesganga "gasparesganga (13 commits)")[![DavidPatzke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5700151?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidPatzke "DavidPatzke (1 commits)")[![Jeffrey-Invest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14127934?v=4)](https://github.com/Jeffrey-Invest "Jeffrey-Invest (1 commits)")[![ut4-nergal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37303265?v=4)](https://github.com/ut4-nergal "ut4-nergal (1 commits)")

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Tags

geojsonShapefileshpdbfshapeESRIwkt

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