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niceforbear/sparser
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parser of string

v0.1.2(9y ago)017MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Jun 19Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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String Parser
=============

[](#string-parser)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require niceforbear/sparser
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$context = new Context();
$user_in = "\$input equals '4' or \$input equals 'four'";
$reader = new StringReader($user_in);
$scanner = new Scanner($reader, $context);

while ($scanner->nextToken() != Scanner::EOF) {
    print $scanner->token();
    print "\t{$scanner->char_no()}";
    print "\t{$scanner->getTypeString()}\n";
}
```

```
$input = 'five';
$statement = "( \$input equals 'five')";

$engine = new MarkParse($statement);
$result = $engine->evaluate($input);
print "input: $input evaluating: $statement\n";
if($result){
    print "true!\n";
}else{
    print "false!\n";
}

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Tests unavailable.

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [niceforbear](https://github.com/niceforbear)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

About EBNF
----------

[](#about-ebnf)

- expr ::= operand (orExpr | andExpr) \*
- operand ::= ( '(' expr ')' | | variable ) (eqExpr) \*
- orExpr ::= 'or' operand
- andExpr ::= 'and' operand
- eqExpr ::= 'equals' operand
- variable ::= '$'

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3617d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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