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nmfmcosta/laravel-formatter
===========================

A formatting library that converts data output between XML, CSV, JSON, TXT, YAML and a few others.

v1.4(3mo ago)115.1k—0.5%2[1 PRs](https://github.com/nmfmcosta/laravel-formatter/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.2|^8.0

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Formatter Bundle
================

[](#formatter-bundle)

This is a fork from  updated to work on Laravel 8 and 9.

**All credit goes to the original authors.**

A formatter package that will help you to easily convert between various formats such as XML, JSON, CSV, etc...

Goals
=====

[](#goals)

The goals of this library are to allow the transfomation of data formats from one type to another. See Parsers and Formats to see supported input / output formats.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Through command line:

```
composer require nmfmcosta/laravel-formatter
```

Through composer.json:

```
{
  "require": {
    "nmfmcosta/laravel-formatter": "1.x"
  }
}
```

Parsers
-------

[](#parsers)

All of the following are supported formats that the formatter can read from.

- Array
- CSV
- JSON
- XML
- YAML

Formats
-------

[](#formats)

All of the following are formats that are supported for output.

- Array
- CSV
- JSON
- XML
- YAML

General Usage
-------------

[](#general-usage)

**Including The Formatter**

```
use LB\Formatter\Formatter;
```

**Supported Types**

```
Formatter::JSON; //json
Formatter::CSV;  //csv
Formatter::XML;  //xml
Formatter::ARR;  //array
Formatter::YAML; //yaml
```

**Making Your First Formatter(s)**

```
$formatter = Formatter::make($jsonString, Formatter::JSON);
$formatter = Formatter::make($yamlString, Formatter::YAML);
$formatter = Formatter::make($array, Formatter::ARR);
...
```

**Outputting From Your Formatter**

```
$csv   = $formatter->toCsv();
$json  = $formatter->toJson();
$xml   = $formatter->toXml();
$array = $formatter->toArray();
$yaml  = $formatter->toYaml();
```

Deprecated Functionality
------------------------

[](#deprecated-functionality)

The following have been deprecated from the library, however you can easily continue using them in your application

**Serialized Array**

```
$serialized = serialize($formatter->toArray());
```

**PHP Export**

```
$export = var_export($formatter->toArray());
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~570 days

Total

3

Last Release

116d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP ^8.0

v1.3PHP ^7.2|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6989039?v=4)[Nuno Costa](/maintainers/nmfmcosta)[@nmfmcosta](https://github.com/nmfmcosta)

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Top Contributors

[![nmfmcosta](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6989039?v=4)](https://github.com/nmfmcosta "nmfmcosta (8 commits)")

---

Tags

formatterlaravelxmlconvertdatayamlcsv

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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