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markuszeller/php-annotations
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Simple tool for parsing annotations

v1.0.0(6y ago)0236↓100%MITPHPPHP >=7.1

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php-annotations
===============

[](#php-annotations)

This class helps reading annotations.

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- reads from a string
- reads from a file
- supports multiline annotation values
- auto trims values

Note
----

[](#note)

Reads only annotations from DocComments included in `/** [...] */`.

Look into that **double asterisk**.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Initialise an Annotation object

```
require_once '../vendor/autoload.php';
use markuszeller\Annotations\Reader;

$reader = new Reader();

```

Put some data into the annotation reader instance

- by a string

    ```
      $cssString = file_get_contents('./template.css');
      $reader->loadFromString($cssString);

    ```
- by file

    ```
      if($reader->loadFromFile("./example.css") === false) {
          exit("Error loading file");
      }

    ```

Get all the annotations as an associative array

```
$annotationArray = $reader->getAnnotations();

```

Get a single annotation by name

```
$title = $reader->getAnnotation('title');

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2469d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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