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highwire/better-dom-document
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BetterDOMDocument is a handy PHP utility class for working with XML. It's a wrapper for PHP's built in DOMDocument that provides a bunch of nice shortcuts that makes working with XML in PHP a breeze. It has great built-in support for namespaces, and xpath.

4.0.1(1y ago)1526.3k↓38.5%BSD-3-Clause

Since Dec 9Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/highwire/opensource-php-BetterDOMDocument)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/highwire/better-dom-document)[ Docs](https://github.com/highwire/opensource-php-BetterDOMDocument)[ RSS](/packages/highwire-better-dom-document/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

41

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FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance36

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

Established project with proven stability

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 ~122 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

24

Last Release

594d ago

Major Versions

2.1.6 → 3.0.02021-09-28

3.0.14 → 4.0.02024-10-01

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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