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hashbang/reflib
===============

PHP module for managing a variety of citation reference libraries

v1.1.10(10y ago)61327GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.0.0

Since Apr 22Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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RefLib
======

[](#reflib)

**NOTICE: This module is depreciated in favour of the newer [RefLib NPM](https://github.com/hash-bang/Reflib-Node). Please use that project instead.**

PHP module for managing a variety of citation reference libraries.

At present this library can read/write the following citation library formats:

- EndNote (XML)
- [RIS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIS_(file_format))
- CSV files
- [MEDLINE (PubMed .nbib)](https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/030_080.html)

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

[](#installation)

The easiest way to install is via Composer - `composer require hashbang/reflib`

If you wish to install *without* composer then download the source code, unzip it into a directory include the file in the normal way.

Examples
========

[](#examples)

Read in EndNote XML
-------------------

[](#read-in-endnote-xml)

```
require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml');

print_r($lib->refs); // Outputs all processed refs in an associative array

```

Write EndNote XML
-----------------

[](#write-endnote-xml)

```
require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml'); // Read in content (or populate $lib->refs yourself)
$lib->GetContents('EndNote File.xml'); // Output file to the browser

```

File conversion
---------------

[](#file-conversion)

```
require('reflib.php');
$lib = new RefLib();
$lib->SetContentsFile('tests/data/endnote.xml'); // Read in content (or populate $lib->refs yourself)
$lib->GetContents('EndNote File.ris'); // Output file to the browser in RIS format

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% 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 ~38 days

Recently: every ~30 days

Total

12

Last Release

3979d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8587289?v=4)[hashbang](/maintainers/hashbang)[@hashbang](https://github.com/hashbang)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

libraryreferencesRISendnotecitations

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