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michaelstivala/json-ld
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JSON-LD Processor for PHP

1.1.0(7y ago)0201MITPHPPHP &gt;=5.3.0

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[](#jsonld-)

JsonLD is a fully conforming [JSON-LD](http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/)processor written in PHP. It is extensively tested and passes the [official JSON-LD test suite](https://github.com/json-ld/tests).

There's an [online playground](http://www.markus-lanthaler.com/jsonld/playground/)where you can evaluate the processor's basic functionality.

Additionally to the features defined by the [JSON-LD API specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld-api/), JsonLD supports [framing](http://json-ld.org/spec/latest/json-ld-framing/)(including [value matching](https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org/issues/110), [deep-filtering](https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org/issues/110), [aggressive re-embedding](https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org/issues/119), and [named graphs](https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org/issues/118)) and an experimental [object-oriented interface for JSON-LD documents](https://github.com/lanthaler/JsonLD/issues/15).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The easiest way to use JsonLD is to integrate it as a dependency in your project's [composer.json](https://getcomposer.org/) file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "ml/json-ld": "1.*"
    }
}
```

Installing is then a matter of running composer

```
php composer.phar install

```

... and including Composer's autoloader to your project

```
require('vendor/autoload.php');
```

Of course, you can also download JsonLD as [ZIP archive](https://github.com/lanthaler/JsonLD/releases) from Github.

JsonLD requires PHP 5.3 or later.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The library supports the official [JSON-LD API](http://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld-api/) as well as a object-oriented interface for JSON-LD documents (not fully implemented yet, see [issue #15](https://github.com/lanthaler/JsonLD/issues/15) for details).

All classes are extensively documented. Please have a look at the source code.

```
// Official JSON-LD API
$expanded = JsonLD::expand('document.jsonld');
$compacted = JsonLD::compact('document.jsonld', 'context.jsonld');
$framed = JsonLD::frame('document.jsonld', 'frame.jsonld');
$flattened = JsonLD::flatten('document.jsonld');
$quads = JsonLD::toRdf('document.jsonld');

// Output the expanded document (pretty print)
print JsonLD::toString($expanded, true);

// Serialize the quads as N-Quads
$nquads = new NQuads();
$serialized = $nquads->serialize($quads);
print $serialized;

// And parse them again to a JSON-LD document
$quads = $nquads->parse($serialized);
$document = JsonLD::fromRdf($quads);

print JsonLD::toString($document, true);

// Node-centric API
$doc = JsonLD::getDocument('document.jsonld');

// get the default graph
$graph = $doc->getGraph();

// get all nodes in the graph
$nodes = $graph->getNodes();

// retrieve a node by ID
$node = $graph->getNode('http://example.com/node1');

// get a property
$node->getProperty('http://example.com/vocab/name');

// add a new blank node to the graph
$newNode = $graph->createNode();

// link the new blank node to the existing node
$node->addPropertyValue('http://example.com/vocab/link', $newNode);

// even reverse properties are supported; this returns $newNode
$node->getReverseProperty('http://example.com/vocab/link');

// serialize the graph and convert it to a string
$serialized = JsonLD::toString($graph->toJsonLd());
```

Commercial Support
------------------

[](#commercial-support)

Commercial support is available on request.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.6% 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 ~174 days

Recently: every ~224 days

Total

10

Last Release

2870d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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