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mszewcz/php-json-schema-validator
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JSON Schema Validator with draft-06 specification support

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php-json-schema-validator
=========================

[](#php-json-schema-validator)

JSON schema validator class, which provides validation of JSON files according to draft-06 specification, published on 2017-04-15.

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Contents
--------

[](#contents)

- [Installation](#Installation)
- [Usage](#Usage)
- [Supported Elements](#SupportedElements)
- [Contributing](#Contributing)
- [License](#License)

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

[](#installation)

If you use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies simply add a dependency on `mszewcz/php-json-schema-validator` to your project's composer.json file. Here is a minimal example of a composer.json:

```
{
    "require": {
        "mszewcz/php-json-schema-validator": ">=1.0"
    }
}

```

You can also clone or download this respository.

**php-json-schema-validator** meets [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading standards. If using the Composer please include its autoloader file:

```
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

If you cloned or downloaded this repository, you will have to code your own PSR-4 style autoloader implementation.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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

try {
    $utils      = new MS\Json\Utils\Utils();
    $schema     = $utils->decode($jsonSchemaDefinition);
    $json       = $utils->decode($jsonToValidate);
    $validator  = new MS\Json\SchemaValidator\Validator($schema);
    $result     = $validator->validate($json);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
```

If you don't want to use Utils class to decode JSONs, you should do that the following way:

```
$schema = \json_decode($jsonSchemaDefinition, true);
$json   = \json_decode($jsonToValidate, true);
```

Supported elements
------------------

[](#supported-elements)

**php-json-schema-validator** supports validation against:

- additionalItems
- additionalProperties
- allOf
- anyOf
- const
- contains
- dependencies
- enum
- exclusiveMaximum
- exclusiveMinimum
- format (date-time, email, host, ipv4, ipv6 & uri)
- items
- maximum
- minimum
- maxItems
- maxLength
- maxProperties
- minItems
- minLength
- minProperties
- multipleOf
- not
- oneOf
- pattern
- patternProperties
- properties
- propertyNames
- required
- type
- uniqueItems

**It also supports `$ref` element, so you can use in-json definitions and references without any problems.**

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome. Please send your contributions through GitHub pull requests

Pull requests for bug fixes must be based on latest stable release from the `master` branch whereas pull requests for new features must be based on the `developer` branch.

Due to time constraints, I'm not always able to respond as quickly as I would like. If you feel you're waiting too long for merging your pull request please remind me here.

#### Coding standards

[](#coding-standards)

We follow [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) coding style and [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/) autoloading standards. Be sure you're also following them before sending your pull request.

License
-------

[](#license)

**php-json-schema-validator** is licensed under the MIT License - see the `LICENSE` file for details.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3111d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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