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masnathan/parser
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Global data type parser

v0.0.1(10y ago)013.0k1[2 issues](https://github.com/MASNathan/Parser/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 31Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Parser
======

[](#parser)

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Global data type parser

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require masnathan/parser
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use MASNathan\Parser\Parser;

$data = array(
    'foo' => 'bar',
    'sup' => 'World'
);

$content = Parser::data($data);
$content->setPrettyOutput(true);

echo $content->to('json'); // outputs in json format
echo $content->to('xml'); // outputs in xml format
```

And also...

```
$content = Parser::file('path/to/my/file.json')->from('json');

echo $content->to('xml'); // outputs in xml format

// or
echo Parser::file('path/to/my/file.xml')
		->from('xml')
		->setPrettyOutput(true)
		->to('yaml');
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [André Filipe](https://github.com/masnathan)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

3913d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2139464?v=4)[André Filipe](/maintainers/MASNathan)[@MASNathan](https://github.com/MASNathan)

---

Top Contributors

[![MASNathan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2139464?v=4)](https://github.com/MASNathan "MASNathan (12 commits)")

---

Tags

phpjsonxmlparserdatayamlencodedecode

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