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maxakawizard/po-parser
======================

Gettext \*.po parser for PHP

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PoParser
========

[](#poparser)

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Gettext \*.po files parser for PHP.

This package is compliant with [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/4/) autoloading standard and [PSR-12](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/12/) coding standard. If you notice compliance oversights, please send a patch via pull request.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Read file content

[](#read-file-content)

```
$parser = new PoParser\Parser();
$parser->read('my-pofile.po');
$entries = $parser->getEntriesAsArrays();
// Now $entries contains every string information in your pofile

echo '';
foreach ($entries as $entry) {
   echo ''.
   'msgid: '.$entry['msgid'].''.         // Message ID
   'msgstr: '.$entry['msgstr'].''.       // Translation
   'reference: '.$entry['reference'].''. // Reference
   'msgctxt: ' . $entry['msgctxt'].''.   // Message Context
   'tcomment: ' . $entry['tcomment'].''. // Translator comment
   'ccomment: ' . $entry['ccomment'].''. // Code Comment
   'obsolete?: '.(string)$entry['obsolete'].''. // Is obsolete?
    'fuzzy?: ' .(string)$entry['fuzzy'].     // Is fuzzy?
    '';
}
echo '';
```

### Modify content

[](#modify-content)

```
$parser = new PoParser\Parser();
$parser->read('my-pofile.po');
// Entries are stored in array, so you can modify them.

// Use updateEntry method to change messages you want.
$parser->updateEntry('Write your email', 'Escribe tu email');
$parser->write('my-pofile.po');
```

Todo
----

[](#todo)

- Improve entries edit interface
- Ability to change any entry fields
- Discover what's the meaning of "#@ " line
- Fix multiline `msgstr` processing (for singular and plural entries)
- Implement previous untranslated strings support

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under [MIT](http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license) license.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.4% 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

Every ~341 days

Recently: every ~660 days

Total

11

Last Release

1406d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.3.0PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1138453?v=4)[Max Grigorian](/maintainers/MAXakaWIZARD)[@MAXakaWIZARD](https://github.com/MAXakaWIZARD)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

i18nl10ngettextpo

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