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im0rtality/jsonstreamingparser
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A streaming parser for JSON in PHP.

v4.0.0(11y ago)134.6k↓36.7%2[1 PRs](https://github.com/Im0rtality/jsonstreamingparser/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Oct 31Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Not invented here
=================

[](#not-invented-here)

Code forked from  and some fixed added:

- Removed file\_position callback from listener (we did not need it and it gave significant performance boost)
- PSR2

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Stream based - low memory footprint does not grow with file size
- Similar to [SAX parser](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_API_for_XML)

Known drawbacks
---------------

[](#known-drawbacks)

- Performance is not as good as it should be (throughput - ~1MB per 9 secs, VirtualBox, Debian 7 on 4.3GHz CPU, single core)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use the `JsonStreamingParser` you just have to implement the `JsonStreamingParser\Listener` interface. You then pass your `Listener` into the parser. For example:

```
$stream = fopen('doc.json', 'r');
$listener = new YourListener();
try {
  $parser = new Parser($stream, $listener);
  $parser->parse();
} catch (Exception $e) {
  fclose($stream);
  throw $e;
}
```

That's it! Your `Listener` will receive events from the streaming parser as it works.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT License

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~82 days

Total

4

Last Release

4336d ago

Major Versions

v1.0 → v2.02013-12-13

v2.0 → v3.02014-05-27

v3.0 → v4.0.02014-07-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6d0c2ed4ef6020c0ba50e9f5b30972ea9ec5b17a0c82271ffae81125dd3c2610?d=identicon)[Im0rtality](/maintainers/Im0rtality)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

jsonparserstreaming

###  Code Quality

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