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greenskies/json
===============

An improved php json library

0.2.0(7y ago)05MITPHP

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Greenskies Json
===============

[](#greenskies-json)

A PHP library to improve decoding - including schema validation and decoding to a class

It is basically a wrapper for:

- [karriereat/json-decoder](https://github.com/karriereat/json-decoder)
- [justinrainbow/json-schema](https://github.com/justinrainbow/json-schema)With a little syntatic sugar and exceptions, even on PHP < 7.3

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require greenskies/json
```

Decoding
--------

[](#decoding)

To decode a json string simply pass the string to `Json::Decode()`This will return a standard object

```
$jsonString = '{"good":true}';

$decoded = Json::Decode($jsonString);

// $decoded->good = true
```

```
$jsonString = '{"good":true}';
$options = [
    Json::ASSOCIATIVE => true,
];
$decoded = Json::Decode($jsonString, $options);
// $decoded['good'] = true
```

Schema Validation
-----------------

[](#schema-validation)

```
$jsonString = '{"processRefund": "true", "refundAmount": "17"}'

$schema = (object) [
    "type"=>"object",
    "properties"=>(object)[
        "processRefund"=>(object)[
            "type"=>"boolean"
        ],
        "refundAmount"=>(object)[
            "type"=>"number"
        ]
    ]
];

$options = [
    Json::VALIDATOR => [
        Json::JSON_SCHEMA => $schema,
        Json::CONSTRAINTS => Constraint::CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES,
    ],
];

$decoded = Json::Decode($jsonString, $options);
```

For further instructions visit [justinrainbow/json-schema](https://github.com/justinrainbow/json-schema)

Decode to a class
-----------------

[](#decode-to-a-class)

```
$jsonString = '{"id": 1, "name": "John Doe"}';

$options = [
    Json::DECODER => [
        Json::CLASS_NAME => Person::class,
    ],
];
$decoded = Json::Decode($jsonString, $options);
```

### Decode Multiple

[](#decode-multiple)

```
$jsonString = '[{"id": 1, "name": "John Doe"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Jane Doe"}]';

$options = [
    Json::DECODER => [
        Json::CLASS_NAME => Person::class,
        Json::DECODE_MULTIPLE => true,
    ],
];

$personArray = Json::Decode($jsonString, $options);
```

For further instructions visit [karriereat/json-decoder](https://github.com/karriereat/json-decoder)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

2625d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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