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mhndev/hal
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0.6.0(8y ago)112MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Nov 12Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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### Php Hal Object

[](#php-hal-object)

generating php hal object from array data

this package currently just supports json and not xml

#### Sample usage:

[](#sample-usage)

```
$post = [
    'title' => 'sample post title',
    'text' => 'post body goes here ...',
];

$user = [
    'username' => 'mhndev',
    'mobile' => '09124917706',
    'email' => 'majid8911303@gmail.com'
];

$comments = [
    [
        'text' => 'Hi',
        'uid'  => 12
    ],
    [
        'text' => 'OK',
        'uid'  => 14
    ],
    [
        'text' => 'NOK',
        'uid'  => 10
    ]
];

$tags = [
    'tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3'
];

$profile = [
    'avatar' => 'http://google.com/inja.jpeg',
    'name' => 'majid',
    'username' => 'mhndev',
    'bio' => 'user biography goes here ...'
];

$self_link = new \mhndev\hal\Link('self', 'http://google.com');
$next_link = new \mhndev\hal\Link('next', 'http://google.com');

$postResource = new \mhndev\hal\Resource($post);

$profileResource = new \mhndev\hal\Resource($profile);
$profileResource->addLink($self_link);

$userResource = new \mhndev\hal\Resource($user);

$userResource->addEmbeddedResource($profileResource, 'profile');

$tagsResource = new \mhndev\hal\Resource($tags);

$request = \Slim\Http\Request::createFromGlobals([]);

$commentsResource = new \mhndev\hal\Paginated($comments, 5 , 10, $request);

$postResource->addEmbeddedResource($userResource, 'user');
$postResource->addEmbeddedResource($tagsResource, 'tags');
$postResource->addEmbeddedResource($commentsResource, 'comments');

$postResource->addLink($next_link);
$postResource->addLink($self_link);

header('Content-Type: application/json');

$presenter = new \mhndev\hal\Presenter($postResource);

var_dump((new \mhndev\hal\Presenter($postResource))->asArray());die();

echo $presenter->asJson();
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Every ~1 days

Total

9

Last Release

3098d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5c3e5d182214e2e6b989a2230bcae80b2107b088da1c6dbea6f6f8d28702e272?d=identicon)[majidphpdeveloper](/maintainers/majidphpdeveloper)

---

Top Contributors

[![mhndev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5164182?v=4)](https://github.com/mhndev "mhndev (12 commits)")

---

Tags

halhttpphphal objecthal http response

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/mhndev-hal/health.svg)

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