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h4kuna/serialize-polyfill
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Provide methods for serialization and use igbinary if is available.

v0.2.5(1y ago)221.0k↓50%2MITPHPCI passing

Since Aug 23Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Serialization
=============

[](#serialization)

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In your project are available two new methods.

- h4kuna\\Serialize\\Serialize::encode()
- h4kuna\\Serialize\\Serialize::decode()

If you enable igbinary extension, then automatic use Driver\\IgBinary. Or you can define own implmentation by Driver interface.

Example why use Serialize class
-------------------------------

[](#example-why-use-serialize-class)

In many use cases is igbinary faster. Anybody use in third party library h4kuna\\Serialize\\Serialize::encode/decode. If you enable igbinary and for this third party case you want to disable and to use standard serialization. See example.

External library in vendor

```
namespace Com\Example;

use h4kuna\Serialize\Serialize;

class Foo implements \Serializable {
    public function serialize(): ?string {
        return Serialize::encode($this, __CLASS__);
    }

    public function unserialize(string $data): void {
        Serialize::decode($data, __CLASS__);
        // do anything
    }
}
```

Enable standard serialization for class above.

```
use h4kuna\Serialize\Driver;
use h4kuna\Serialize\Serialize;

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
Serialize::setUp(Driver\IgBinary::class, [
    Com\Example\Foo::class => Driver\Php::class // only for Com\Example\Foo use case
]);
```

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

You are using php serialize and you want to use igbinary. You can enable igbinaty on fly and old serialized data will be decoded by old php serialize.

> Support compatibility, if you have serialized data by php serialize, then you can decode by IgBinary::decode() and vice versa.

Enable igbinary
---------------

[](#enable-igbinary)

1. Install igbinary extension
2.

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
\h4kuna\Serialize\Serialize::setUp(IgBinary::class);
```

Works!

Disable igbinary
----------------

[](#disable-igbinary)

1. set Php driver after vendor/autoload.php

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
// \h4kuna\Serialize\Serialize::setUp(IgBinary::class); remove
```

2. wait if your all data will be decoded
3. uninstall igbinary extension

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance40

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~241 days

Recently: every ~147 days

Total

10

Last Release

647d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

igbinaryphpserialize

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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