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mindplay/easyxml
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XML parser with a functional approach

1.0.1(11y ago)12.5k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/mindplay-dk/easyxml/pulls)LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Functional XML-reader for PHP 5.3+.

A somewhat different approach to reading/parsing XML files with PHP, using a hierarchy of anonymous functions (closures) reflecting the hierarchy of the XML document itself.

This is useful when reading structured XML documents - e.g. XML documents with a predictable structure. It's probably less than enjoyable when reading unstructured documents, such as XHTML documents.

Parsing happens on-the-fly, e.g. avoiding the overhead of loading an entire document into memory and performing repetitive queries against it. This approach is memory efficient, enabling you to parse very large documents in a streaming fashion - it is not super fast (throughput ~500 KB/sec on my laptop) but XML parsing is never truly fast, so you should definitely always cache the parsed results.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Let's say you wish to read the following XML file:

```

```

Your reader might look something like this:

```
$doc = new Parser();

$doc['cats/cat'] = function (Visitor $cat, $name) {
    echo "a cat named: {$name}\n";

    $cat['kitten'] = function ($name) {
        echo "a kitten named: {$name}\n";
    };
};

$doc->parseFile('my_cats.xml');
```

The output would be this:

```
a cat named: whiskers
a kitten named: mittens
a cat named: tinker
a kitten named: binky

```

If it's not obvious, the path `cats/cat` designates a `` node inside a `` node.

You can also match text-nodes, e.g. a path like `foo/bar#text` will match `YO` in `YO`.

And finally, you can use `#end` to match closing tags, if needed.

Incidentally, I don't actually have cats - but if I did, you can bet those would be their names.

See "test.php" and "example/cd\_catalog.php" for more examples of how to use this.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~64 days

Total

2

Last Release

4189d ago

### Community

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