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metasyntactical/xml-tools
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Several XML tools for PHP

v0.1.1(11y ago)015[1 issues](https://github.com/MetaSyntactical/xml-tools/issues)MITPHPPHP >= 5.5.0

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MetaSyntactical XML Tools
=========================

[](#metasyntactical-xml-tools)

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Several tools for handling of XML files in PHP. Currently includes the following tools:

- XML Stream Reader (with callable ability)

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

Require the library using composer:

```
$ composer require metasyntactical/xml-tools
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### XML Stream Reader

[](#xml-stream-reader)

```
use MetaSyntactical\Xml\Reader\XmlStreamReader;
use MetaSyntactical\Xml\Reader\XmlPath;
use DOMElement;
use MetaSyntactical\Xml\XmlStream\FileXmlStream;

$reader = new XmlStreamReader();

// register callables
$reader->registerCallback(
    new XmlPath("/example/node"),
    function (DOMElement $element) {
        echo "Match";
    }
}

// parse file
$reader->parse(new FileXmlStream("/path/to/xml/file.xml");
```

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

You are very welcome to contribute to this component. Please follow the information found in (CONTRIBUTE.md)\[CONTRIBUTE.md\].

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4107d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/461576?v=4)[Daniel Kreuer](/maintainers/dkreuer)[@dkreuer](https://github.com/dkreuer)

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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