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luzzardi/cf-property-list
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Work with plist (read , write , read binary plist , write binary plist)

v1.1.2(12y ago)178MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Feb 14Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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CFPropertyList
==============

[](#cfpropertylist)

The PHP implementation of Apple's PropertyList can handle XML PropertyLists as well as binary PropertyLists. It offers functionality to easily convert data between worlds, e.g. recalculating timestamps from unix epoch to apple epoch and vice versa. A feature to automagically create (guess) the plist structure from a normal PHP data structure will help you dump your data to plist in no time.

Note: CFPropertylist was originally hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/ronhill1394/CFPropertyList)

Requirements And Limitations
----------------------------

[](#requirements-and-limitations)

- requires PHP5 (tested with PHP5.2.9 and 5.3.0 on Mac, PHP5.2.1 on Windows)
- requires either [MBString](http://php.net/mbstring) or [Iconv](http://php.net/iconv)
- requires either [BC](http://php.net/bc) or [GMP](http://php.net/gmp) or [phpseclib](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/) (see BigIntegerBug for an explanation) - as of CFPropertyList 1.0.1

License
-------

[](#license)

CFPropertyList is published under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).

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

[](#installation)

curl -s  | php

Add to composer.json to "require": { ..... "luzzardi/CFPropertyList":"dev-master" },

```
  "repositories":[
          {
              "type":"git",
              "url":"https://github.com/luzzardi/CFPropertyList"
          }
      ]

```

Related
-------

[](#related)

- [man(5) plist](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html)
- [CFBinaryPList.c](http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-476.15/CFBinaryPList.c)
- [CFPropertyList in Ruby](http://rubyforge.org/projects/cfpropertylist/)
- [CFPropertyList in Python](https://github.com/bencochran/CFPropertyList)
- [plist on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plist)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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

4468d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![ckruse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/175095?v=4)](https://github.com/ckruse "ckruse (26 commits)")[![rodneyrehm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/186837?v=4)](https://github.com/rodneyrehm "rodneyrehm (24 commits)")[![ronhill1394](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1931390?v=4)](https://github.com/ronhill1394 "ronhill1394 (8 commits)")

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plist

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