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kunststube/rison
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A PHP encoder and decoder for Rison, the compact JSON-like data format optimized for URIs.

0.92.1(11y ago)2464.5k↑10.6%2[1 issues](https://github.com/deceze/Kunststube-Rison/issues)3PHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Kunststube\\Rison encoder and decoder for PHP
=============================================

[](#kunststuberison-encoder-and-decoder-for-php)

Rison is a compact data format optimized for URIs, a slight variation of JSON.

JSON:

```
{"a":0,"b":"foo","c":"23skidoo"}

```

URI-encoded JSON:

```
%7B%22a%22:0,%22b%22%3A%22foo%22%2C%22c%22%3A%2223skidoo%22%7D

```

Rison:

```
(a:0,b:foo,c:'23skidoo')

```

URI-encoded Rison:

```
(a:0,b:foo,c:'23skidoo')

```

See  for more information and other implementations.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Procedural/convenience wrapper

[](#proceduralconvenience-wrapper)

```
require_once 'Rison/rison_functions.php';

$data = array('foo', 'bar' => array('baz'));

// encoding
$rison = Kunststube\Rison\rison_encode($data);
var_dump($rison);

// decoding
$data = Kunststube\Rison\rison_decode($rison);
var_dump($data);
```

### Object oriented

[](#object-oriented)

```
require_once 'Rison/RisonEncoder.php';
require_once 'Rison/RisonDecoder.php';

use Kunststube\Rison;

$data = array('foo', 'bar' => array('baz'));

// encoding
try {
    $encoder = new Rison\RisonEncoder($data);
    $rison   = $encoder->encode();
    var_dump($rison);
} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

// decoding
try {
    $decoder = new Rison\RisonDecoder($rison);
    $data    = $decoder->decode();
    var_dump($data);
} catch (Rison\RisonParseErrorException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), ' in string: ', $e->getRison();
} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
```

PSR-0
-----

[](#psr-0)

The repository is organized so its contents can be dumped into a folder `Kunststube/Rison/` and the naming be PSR-0 compliant.

Information
-----------

[](#information)

Version: 0.92
Author: David Zentgraf
Contact:
License: Public Domain

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~409 days

Total

3

Last Release

4116d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.91PHP >=5.4.0

0.92PHP >=5.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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