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jess/jsonkit-php
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A lightweight PHP library for reading, writing, and managing JSON files.

v1.0.2(6mo ago)049MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Nov 11Pushed 6mo agoCompare

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JsonFileManager PHP Library
===========================

[](#jsonfilemanager-php-library)

**JsonFileManager** is a lightweight PHP class for simple, robust manipulation of JSON files—read, write, update, search, and remove using dot notation.

---

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

[](#installation)

Install via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require jess/jsonkit-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Quick Start

[](#quick-start)

```
use Jess\JsonkitPhp\JsonFileManager;

// Initialize from a file path
$handler = new JsonFileManager('data.json', true);

// Get all data
$data = $handler->all();

// Get a value (dot notation supported)
$name = $handler->get('user.name');

// Set a value
$handler->set('user.age', 30);

// Append a value to an array
$handler->appendArray('tags', 'php');

// Remove a value from an array
$handler->removeArrayValue('tags', 'php');

// Remove where condition
$handler->removeWhere('users', function($user) {
    return $user['active'] === false;
});

// Save changes
$handler->save();

// You can load array data and save it to a json file.
$arr = [
     'numbers' => ['1', '2', '3']
];
$data = $handler->load($arr)->save(__DIR__ . 'test.json');
```

### Main Methods

[](#main-methods)

MethodDescription`all()`Get all JSON data as an array.`get($key, $default = null)`Get value by dot notation key.`set($key, $value)`Set value at the given key.`remove($key)`Remove an entry by dot notation key.`appendArray($key, $value, $unique = false)`Append value to an array at key (optionally unique).`removeArrayValue($key, $value)`Remove value from array at key.`removeWhere($key, $callback)`Remove items from array at key matching callback.`save($jsonPath = "", $pretty = true)`Save changes (pretty print by default).---

### Features

[](#features)

- Dot notation for deeply nested keys.
- Autosave option for automatic persistence.
- Array manipulation helpers.
- Fast in-memory operations with optional file persistence.
- Flexible initialization (from file or array).

---

### License

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance68

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

188d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b1c41c8faad704a3366a3ec95e405178f7a7d2ca27b4f576498a6a71ca7e83d9?d=identicon)[jletrondo](/maintainers/jletrondo)

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Top Contributors

[![jletrondo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61916708?v=4)](https://github.com/jletrondo "jletrondo (6 commits)")

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