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justinrainbow/json-schema
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A library to validate a json schema.

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JSON Schema for PHP
===================

[](#json-schema-for-php)

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A PHP Implementation for validating `JSON` Structures against a given `Schema` with support for `Schemas` of Draft-3, Draft-4, Draft-6 or Draft-7.

Features of newer Drafts might not be supported. See [Table of All Versions of Everything](https://json-schema.org/specification-links.html#table-of-all-versions-of-everything) to get an overview of all existing Drafts. See [json-schema](http://json-schema.org/) for more details about the JSON Schema specification

Compliance
==========

[](#compliance)

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

[](#installation)

### Library

[](#library)

```
git clone https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema.git
```

### Composer

[](#composer)

[Install PHP Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

```
composer require justinrainbow/json-schema
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For a complete reference see [Understanding JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/).

**Note:** Not all drafts might be supported, check the [Bowtie report](https://bowtie.report/#/implementations/php-justinrainbow-json-schema) on the current state of draft implementations.

### Basic usage

[](#basic-usage)

```