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kadet/xml-serializer
====================

PHP Xml Serializer, with annotation support.

v1.0.0(12y ago)02801CC BY-NAPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Apr 20Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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XmlSerializer
=============

[](#xmlserializer)

Xml Serialization library for PHP >= 5.3. It allows to serialize object, arrays and scalars into xml, with only few LoC.

Author: Kacper "Kadet" Donat, Some Rights Reserved. License: [Creative Commons 4.0 BY-SA](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Support for annotations, more in [wiki](https://github.com/kadet1090/XmlSerializer/wiki/Annotations)
- Custom serialization and deserialization mechanisms by `XmlSerializable` interface, more in [wiki](https://github.com/kadet1090/XmlSerializer/wiki/XmlSerializable).

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$serializer = new Kadet\XmlSerializer\XmlSerializer();
echo $serializer->serialize((object)array(
    'foo'   => 'bar',
    'array' => array(1, 2, 3, 4, 'key' => 'value'),
    'obj'   => (object)array('bar' => 'foo')
), 'object');
```

Outputs:

```

  bar

    1
    2
    3
    4
    value

    foo

```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4408d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e7113b0385cd7e51daf6144d435554cfca689e1d82291e2ba33abe31dbe881aa?d=identicon)[Kadet](/maintainers/Kadet)

---

Top Contributors

[![kadet1090](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/747404?v=4)](https://github.com/kadet1090 "kadet1090 (9 commits)")

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Tags

xmlannotationsserialization

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