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imjoehaines/flowder-yaml-loader
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A YAML file loader for flowder

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[](#flowder-yaml-loader---)

A YAML file loader for [Flowder](https://github.com/imjoehaines/flowder)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Install Flowder YAML Loader as a development dependency through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

    ```
    $ composer install imjoehaines/flowder-yaml-loader --dev
    ```
2. Pass an instance of `Imjoehaines\FlowderYaml\YamlLoader` to Flowder, as detailed in the [Flowder readme](https://github.com/imjoehaines/flowder/blob/master/README.md#usage)
3. Pass the path to a YAML file to `Flowder::loadFixtures`, your YAML file should contain an array of arrays where each "inner" array is a database row. For example

```
row_1:
    column_1: value 1
    column_2: 2
    column_3: three
row_2:
    column_1: value 4
    column_2: 5
    column_3: six
```

Any YAML array syntax supported by [Symfony's Yaml Component](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/yaml.html) is supported, so all of the following examples will result in the exact same data as above

```
-
    column_1: value 1
    column_2: 2
    column_3: three
-
    column_1: value 4
    column_2: 5
    column_3: six
```

```
[
    {
        "column_1": "value 1",
        "column_2": 2,
        "column_3": "three"
    },
    {
        "column_1": "value 4",
        "column_2": 5,
        "column_3": "six"
    }
]
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**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.

### Community

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