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ghostwriter/json
================

Safely encode and decode JSON

3.0.2(1mo ago)05.2M↑17%13BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0CI passing

Since Jul 11Pushed 4d ago1 watchersCompare

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Json
====

[](#json)

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Safely encode and decode JSON

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require ghostwriter/json
```

### Star ⭐️ this repo if you find it useful

[](#star-️-this-repo-if-you-find-it-useful)

You can also star (🌟) this repo to find it easier later.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \Ghostwriter\Json\Json;

$json = new Json();

$encode = $json->encode(['foo'=>'bar']);
// {"foo":"bar"}

$json->validate($encode); // true

$decode = $json->decode($encode);
// ['foo'=>'bar']

$prettyPrint = true;
$json->encode($decode, $prettyPrint);
// {
//    "foo":"bar"
// }
```

### Credits

[](#credits)

- [Nathanael Esayeas](https://github.com/ghostwriter)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/ghostwriter/json/contributors)

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

### License

[](#license)

Please see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for more information on the license that applies to this project.

### Security

[](#security)

Please see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) for more information on security disclosure process.

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance95

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~79 days

Recently: every ~46 days

Total

19

Last Release

8d ago

Major Versions

0.1.2 → 1.0.02022-10-04

1.2.x-dev → 2.0.02023-12-09

2.0.x-dev → 3.0.02024-02-09

0.1.x-dev → 3.0.22026-04-14

3.1.x-dev → 4.0.x-dev2026-06-01

PHP version history (8 changes)0.1.0PHP >=8.0,<8.2

1.0.0PHP >=8.0,<8.3

1.1.0PHP >=8.1,<8.3

1.2.0PHP >=8.2

2.0.0PHP >=8.3

3.0.0PHP ^8.3

3.0.1PHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

3.1.x-devPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0 || ~8.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

ghostwriterjsonjsonghostwriter

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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