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klausi/yaml\_comments
=====================

YAML parser that also reads/writes comment lines

0.x-dev(9y ago)41.4k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/klausi/yaml_comments/pulls)GPLv2+PHPPHP >=5.5

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YamlComments
============

[](#yamlcomments)

Parses YAML and provides comments with their line numbers as well as the line number of any given key of the document structure.

The parser was copied and modified from the [Symfony YAML component](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/yaml.html), MIT license Copyright (c) 2004-2017 Fabien Potencier

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Klausi\YamlComments\YamlComments;

$exampleYaml =    # Some comment here.
)

```

Get the line number of a particular key:

```
print $parseResult->getLineNumber('name');
1
print $parseResult->getLineNumber('description');
4
print $parseResult->getLineNumber(['dependencies', 3]);
14
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

3383d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213229?v=4)[Klaus Purer](/maintainers/klausi)[@klausi](https://github.com/klausi)

---

Top Contributors

[![klausi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213229?v=4)](https://github.com/klausi "klausi (23 commits)")

---

Tags

yamlyaml

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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