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mdcoderu/xml
============

sabre/xml is an XML library that you may not hate.

2.3.0(4y ago)08BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1 || ^8.0

Since Feb 7Pushed 4y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/mdcoderu/xml)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mdcoderu/xml)[ Docs](https://sabre.io/xml/)[ RSS](/packages/mdcoderu-xml/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago

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sabre/xml
=========

[](#sabrexml)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21d4a89366f73368c3411a388cf5e526b65b83cafbb793c5f9e5c65c315eca82/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f73616272652d696f2f786d6c2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/sabre-io/xml)

The sabre/xml library is a specialized XML reader and writer.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Introduction](http://sabre.io/xml/).
- [Installation](http://sabre.io/xml/install/).
- [Reading XML](http://sabre.io/xml/reading/).
- [Writing XML](http://sabre.io/xml/writing/).

Support
-------

[](#support)

Head over to the [SabreDAV mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/sabredav-discuss) for any questions.

Made at fruux
-------------

[](#made-at-fruux)

This library is being developed by [fruux](https://fruux.com/). Drop us a line for commercial services or enterprise support.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.6% 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 ~79 days

Recently: every ~140 days

Total

43

Last Release

1491d ago

Major Versions

0.4.3 → 1.0.02015-05-26

1.5.0 → 2.0.02016-11-16

1.5.x-dev → 2.0.x-dev2019-01-09

PHP version history (6 changes)0.0.1PHP &gt;=5.3.1

0.0.2PHP &gt;=5.4.1

1.5.0PHP &gt;=5.5.5

2.0.0PHP &gt;=7.0

2.2.0PHP ^7.1

2.2.2PHP ^7.1 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

xmldomXMLReaderXMLWriter

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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