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hpeccatte/properties-parser
===========================

Parser for properties files.

1.0.3(4y ago)111.4k↓39.1%1MITPHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0

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Properties Parser
=================

[](#properties-parser)

Here is a **PHP** library to retrieve the properties of a `.properties` file.

It seems that `.properties` files are mainly used by Java programs. But you may have also defined a `properties` file in a **PHP** project or would like to use the same file with both languages.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require hpeccatte/properties-parser

```

`.properties` file format
-------------------------

[](#properties-file-format)

### Define a property

[](#define-a-property)

In a `.properties` file, property/value can be separated by `=`, `:` or a whitespace.

A property can also be defined on multiple lines:

```
property = value \
      which \
      is \
      multilined

```

In this case, the property will be `property` and the value `value which is multilined`.

### Comments

[](#comments)

You can define comments in your file by starting a line with `#` or `!` characters.

References
----------

[](#references)

This parser was implemented to try to match as much as possible the behavior defined by the [Java Properties Parser](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.6% 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 ~52 days

Recently: every ~283 days

Total

23

Last Release

1581d ago

Major Versions

0.7.0 → 1.0.02018-12-21

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.2

0.5.1PHP ^7.1

1.0.2PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![Tithugues](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1165150?v=4)](https://github.com/Tithugues "Tithugues (43 commits)")[![niconoe-](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9560327?v=4)](https://github.com/niconoe- "niconoe- (2 commits)")

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Tags

parserfileformatproperties

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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