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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. mgbg/laravel-formatter ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) mgbg/laravel-formatter ====================== A formatting library that converts data output between XML, CSV, JSON, TXT, YAML and a few others. 06PHP Since Apr 4Pushed 3y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mgbg/laravel-formatter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mgbg/laravel-formatter)[ RSS](/packages/mgbg-laravel-formatter/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)DependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) Changelog ========= [](#changelog) - Update support for Laravel 6 & phpunit 8 - Update composer.json - Upgrade to PSR-4 - add parameter newline, delimiter, enclosure, and escape to export csv - When converting a XML to an array, convert @attributes to *attribute* - add parameter encoding and formated to export xml - JSON parse fix (Instead of only converting the first level to array, use the associative array parameter with true, so all levels will be decoded to array structure) - Add support for laravel 5 - add package discovery for laravel 5 - add support delimiter to a csv Formatter Bundle ================ [](#formatter-bundle) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0cadc69168427771770566400eb3d7f6e72f5bd5839b86a0199d7d65fae584b7/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f536f6170426f782f6c61726176656c2d666f726d61747465722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/SoapBox/laravel-formatter) A formatter package that will help you to easily convert between various formats such as XML, JSON, CSV, etc... Goals ===== [](#goals) The goals of this library are to allow the transfomation of data formats from one type to another. See Parsers and Formats to see supported input / output formats. Installation ============ [](#installation) Through command line: ``` composer require soapbox/laravel-formatter ``` Through composer.json: ``` { "require": { "soapbox/laravel-formatter": "2.x" } } ``` Parsers ------- [](#parsers) All of the following are supported formats that the formatter can read from. - Array - CSV - JSON - XML - YAML Formats ------- [](#formats) All of the following are formats that are supported for output. - Array - CSV - JSON - XML - YAML General Usage ------------- [](#general-usage) **Including The Formatter** ``` use SoapBox\Formatter\Formatter; ``` **Supported Types** ``` Formatter::JSON; //json Formatter::CSV; //csv Formatter::XML; //xml Formatter::ARR; //array Formatter::YAML; //yaml ``` **Making Your First Formatter(s)** ``` $formatter = Formatter::make($jsonString, Formatter::JSON); $formatter = Formatter::make($yamlString, Formatter::YAML); $formatter = Formatter::make($array, Formatter::ARR); ... ``` **Outputting From Your Formatter** ``` $csv = $formatter->toCsv(); $json = $formatter->toJson(); $xml = $formatter->toXml(); $array = $formatter->toArray(); $yaml = $formatter->toYaml(); ``` Deprecated Functionality ------------------------ [](#deprecated-functionality) The following have been deprecated from the library, however you can easily continue using them in your application **Serialized Array** ``` $serialized = serialize($formatter->toArray()); ``` **PHP Export** ``` $export = var_export($formatter->toArray()); ``` ### Health Score 15 — LowBetter than 3% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity4 Limited adoption so far Community14 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity22 Early-stage or recently created project Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 52.3% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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