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honzabrecka/transit-php
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Transit for PHP.

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transit-php
===========

[](#transit-php)

Transit is a data format and a set of libraries for conveying values between applications written in different languages. This library provides support for marshalling Transit data to/from PHP. Unlike the Java and Clojure implementations it relies on the non-streaming JSON parsing mechanism of the host PHP environment.

- [Rationale](http://blog.cognitect.com/blog/2014/7/22/transit)
- [Specification](http://github.com/cognitect/transit-format)

This implementation's major.minor version number corresponds to the version of the Transit specification it supports.

*NOTE: Transit is a work in progress and may evolve based on feedback. As a result, while Transit is a great option for transferring data between applications, it should not yet be used for storing data durably over time. This recommendation will change when the specification is complete.*

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require honzabrecka/transit-php

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use transit\JSONReader;
use transit\JSONWriter;
use transit\Transit;
use transit\Map;

$transit = new Transit(new JSONReader(), new JSONWriter());
$transit->read('["^ ","foo","bar"]');
$transit->write(new Map(['foo', 'bar']));
```

You can use assoc array instead of transit\\Map. It comes with a price (string keys only), therefore it's disabled by default.

```
use transit\JSONReader;
use transit\JSONWriter;
use transit\Transit;

$transit = new Transit(new JSONReader(true), new JSONWriter(true));
$transit->read('["^ ","foo","bar"]');
$transit->write(['foo' => 'bar']);
```

Default Type Mapping
--------------------

[](#default-type-mapping)

Transit typeWrite acceptsRead returnsnullnullnullstringstringstringbooleanboolboolintegerintintdecimalfloatfloatbytestransit\\Bytestransit\\Byteskeywordtransit\\Keywordtransit\\Keywordsymboltransit\\Symboltransit\\SymboltimeDateTimeDateTimearrayarrayarraymaptransit\\Map or assoc arraytransit\\Map or assoc arraycmaptransit\\CMaptransit\\CMapsettransit\\Settransit\\SetlistSplDoublyLinkedListSplDoublyLinkedListuritransit\\URItransit\\URIuuidtransit\\UUIDtransit\\UUIDchartransit\\Chartransit\\Char

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98% 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 ~589 days

Recently: every ~661 days

Total

6

Last Release

909d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/99d77e8855da21173568dd916deb766131137f0d246f609b1cc548ac6209db78?d=identicon)[honzabrecka](/maintainers/honzabrecka)

---

Top Contributors

[![honzabrecka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1021827?v=4)](https://github.com/honzabrecka "honzabrecka (50 commits)")[![vincent-dm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8799841?v=4)](https://github.com/vincent-dm "vincent-dm (1 commits)")

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Tags

formatphptransitdataformattransit

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