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manoj/toon-php-lite
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Lite PHP implementation of TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation)

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🚀 TOON PHP Lite
===============

[](#-toon-php-lite)

**A lightweight, dependency-free PHP library for encoding & decoding TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation).**

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**TOON** is a compact, human-readable, LLM-friendly data format — an alternative to JSON that uses indentation, lists, and tabular rows for intuitive structure.

This library provides a **lite encoder + decoder**, suitable for everyday PHP applications, config parsing, and AI-driven workflows.

---

✨ Features
==========

[](#-features)

### ▶ Encoding & Decoding

[](#-encoding--decoding)

- Simple API: `Toon::encode()` / `Toon::decode()`
- Full support for:

    - Nested objects via indentation
    - Primitive arrays: `tags[3]: php,ai,iot`
    - List arrays:

        ```
        tags[2]:
          - php
          - ai

        ```
    - Tabular arrays (`key[n]{a,b,c}:`):

        ```
        items[2]{sku,qty,price}:
          A1,2,9.99
          B2,1,14.5

        ```

### ▶ New in v0.4.0

[](#-new-in-v040)

- **Triple-quoted multiline strings**

    ```
    bio: """
    I am Manoj.
    I love PHP.
    """

    ```
- **Minified TOON output** (fully valid, no indentation)

    ```
    (new EncodeOptions())->setMinify(true);
    ```
- **Complete test suite** + round-trip stability checks
- **PHPStan clean (level 8)**
- **Strict types everywhere**

### ▶ Other Features

[](#-other-features)

- Zero dependencies
- Detailed decode errors

    - row count mismatches
    - bad tabular rows
    - invalid indentation
- Comment support:

    - `# comment`
    - `// comment`
    - `id: 1   # inline`

Supports PHP **8.1 – 8.3**

---

📦 Installation
==============

[](#-installation)

### via Packagist

[](#via-packagist)

```
composer require manoj/toon-php-lite
```

### Development

[](#development)

```
git clone git@github.com:manojrammurthy/toon-php-lite.git
cd toon-php-lite
composer install
```

---

🚀 Quick Start
=============

[](#-quick-start)

```