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muka/shape-reader
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A PHP library to parse ESRI Shape files

v1.0.5(12y ago)1129.5k↓22.7%4[1 PRs](https://github.com/muka/ShapeReader/pulls)1GPLPHPCI failing

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ShapeReader
===========

[](#shapereader)

A PHP library to parse ESRI Shape files.

Based on the great work of Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ulloa and David Granqvist

A copy of the original work is available at

`This library is meant to read vectorial information from shape files in the SHP format.``The SHP file format is an open standard for storing vectorial information that is used to distribute geographical information.``Plenty of commercial and open source applications are able to read from it.`

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP version should be > 5.3.2

To open the DBF related database you need the dbase extension available as PECL package.

```
pecl install dbase
echo "extension=dbase.so" > /etc/php5/conf.d/dbase.ini

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See examples folder for details.

```
$shpReader = new ShapeReader("./somewhere.shp");

$i = 0;
while ($record = $shpReader->getNext() and $i < 5) {

    //Dump SHP information
    $shp_data = $record->getData();
    var_dump($shp_data);

    //Dump DBF information
    $dbf_data = $record->getDbfData();
    var_dump($dbf_data);

    $i++;
}

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

2013-08-24 - Base refactor, added namespace support, composer and test cases

License
-------

[](#license)

GNU General Public License

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~49 days

Recently: every ~61 days

Total

6

Last Release

4402d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![nickolanack](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8965209?v=4)](https://github.com/nickolanack "nickolanack (24 commits)")[![muka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1021269?v=4)](https://github.com/muka "muka (8 commits)")[![phaza](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4553?v=4)](https://github.com/phaza "phaza (2 commits)")[![coreation](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/361244?v=4)](https://github.com/coreation "coreation (1 commits)")[![jom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68693?v=4)](https://github.com/jom "jom (1 commits)")

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