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markenwerk/json-pretty-printer
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A PHP library providing pretty printing JSON strings for PHP < 5.4

1.0.1(9y ago)12.2kMITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Jul 12Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP JSON Pretty Printer
=======================

[](#php-json-pretty-printer)

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A PHP library providing pretty printing JSON strings for PHP < 5.4 based upon [this StackOverflow answer by Kendall Hopkins](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9776726).

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

[](#installation)

```
{
   	"require": {
        "markenwerk/json-pretty-printer": "~1.0"
    }
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Autoloading and namesapce

[](#autoloading-and-namesapce)

```
require_once('path/to/vendor/autoload.php');

```

### Pretty printing a JSON string

[](#pretty-printing-a-json-string)

Default indentation is one tab.

```
use Markenwerk\JsonPrettyPrinter;

$jsonString = json_encode($myObject);
$prettyPrinter = new JsonPrettyPrinter\JsonPrettyPrinter();
$prettyPrinted = $prettyPrinter
	->setIndentationString('  ')
	->prettyPrint($jsonString);

```

---

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Contributing to our projects is always very appreciated.
**But: please follow the contribution guidelines written down in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/markenwerk/php-json-pretty-printer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) document.**

License
-------

[](#license)

PHP JSON Pretty Printer is under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~2 days

Total

2

Last Release

3586d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

compatcomposer-packagejsonphp-librarypretty-printjsonpretty-print

###  Code Quality

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