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makinacorpus/simple-xml-reader
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Extends XMLReader PHP class, for simple SAX-reading and XPath queries of huge XML files.

1.0.0(2y ago)26.2k↓10.7%MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Jun 5Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Simple XML Reader
=================

[](#simple-xml-reader)

Extends XMLReader PHP class, for simple SAX-reading and XPath queries of huge XML files without consuming memory.

Forked from  for adding PHP 8.2 support, unit tests, and static analysis tooling.

Example usage:

```
$reader = new SimpleXMLReader;
$reader->open("big.xml");
$reader->registerCallback("by-node-name", function($reader) {
    $element = $reader->expandSimpleXml(); // copy of the current node as a SimpleXMLElement object
    $attributes = $element->attributes(); // read element attributes
    /* ...your code here... */
    return true;
});
$reader->registerCallback("/by/xpath/query", function($reader) {
    $element = $reader->expandDomDocument(); // copy of the current node as a DOMNode object
    $attributes = $element->attributes(); // read element attributes
    /* ...your code here... */
    return true;
});
$reader->parse();
$reader->close();
```

Original package was licenced under *Public Domain*, this fork is licenced under the MIT licence. All credits for the original code belong to the original author, *Dmitry Pyatkov* (aka *dkrnl*) .

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.9% 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

1078d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![dkrnl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/734622?v=4)](https://github.com/dkrnl "dkrnl (31 commits)")[![pounard](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341855?v=4)](https://github.com/pounard "pounard (2 commits)")

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Tags

xmliteratorXMLReaderSimpleXML

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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