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infomaniac-amf/php
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InfomaniacAMF is a PHP project for the (de)serialization of AMF packets

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Intro
-----

[](#intro)

**AMF** (Action Message Format) is a binary data serialization protocol. Simply put, it transforms objects in memory into a binary string, and can reverse this binary string into an object in memory. It can be used just like `JSON`, and this library has been build to provide a similar API to that exposed by the `JSON` functionality in `PHP`.

### Purpose

[](#purpose)

The purpose of this library is to provide a consistent and symmetric implementation of the `AMF` specification in both `PHP` & `JSON`.

### Why use AMF?

[](#why-use-amf)

Well, it's up to you. `JSON` is perfectly suited to the web, however it does have some shortcomings which are addressed by `AMF`. For starters, `JSON` cannot handle complex object graphs with circular references; additionally, it cannot serialize dates & byte arrays - you would need to do some additional work to support these in `JSON` (convert date to unix timestamp, byte arrays to base64).

### Should I stop using JSON?

[](#should-i-stop-using-json)

Hells no. `JSON` is great; `AMF` can simply provide you with some additional funcitonality which could help you build your web app.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

To begin using this library, you will need to install it via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md):

```
{
	"require": {
		"infomaniac-amf/php": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

Once you have run `composer install`, you will be able to use the library by simply including `Composer`'s autoloader:

```