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nowgoo/php-protobuf
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simple protobuf encoder and decoder

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php-protobuf
============

[](#php-protobuf)

simple protobuf encoder and decoder

features
========

[](#features)

- no need to compile .proto files
- decode & encode without a scheme definition
- grpc client \[wip\]

install
=======

[](#install)

```
composer require nowgoo/php-protobuf dev-master

```

usage
=====

[](#usage)

say we have a .proto defined as:

```
message Example {
    int32 foo = 1;
    SubMessage bar = 2;
    repeated baz = 3;
}

message SubMessage {
    string bar_sub = 1;
}

```

code talks:

```
use \PhpProtobuf\Scheme;
$scheme = new Scheme([
    // simple field
    1 => ['name'=>'foo', 'type'=>Scheme::TYPE_INT],
    // embeded field
    2 => ['name'=>'bar', 'type'=>Scheme::TYPE_EMBEDED, 'fields'=>[
        1 => ['name'=>'bar_sub', 'type'=>Scheme::TYPE_STRING]
    ]],
    // repeated field
    3 => ['name'=>'baz', 'type'=>Scheme::TYPE_INT, 'repeated'=>true],
]);

$binary = $scheme->encode([
    'foo' => 123456,
    'bar' => ['bar_sub' => 'hello, world'],
    'baz' => [3, 270, 86942]
]);
// binary = [08 c0 c4 07 12 0e 0a 0c 68 65 6c 6c 6f 2c 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 1a 06 03 8e 02 9e a7 05]

$decoded = $scheme->decode($binary);
// $decoded == ['foo'=>123456, 'bar'=>['bar_sub'=>'hello, world'], 'baz'=>[3,270,86942]];
```

decode/encode without a scheme definition
-----------------------------------------

[](#decodeencode-without-a-scheme-definition)

```
$scheme = new UniversalScheme();
$binary = $scheme->encode([
    'keys' => 123456,
    'were' => 'hello',
    'skipped' => [
        'during' => [
            'encoding' => 'level 3 value'
        ],
        'process' => 'level 2 value',
    ],
]);

$decoded = $scheme->decode($binary);
/*
$decoded:
[
    1 => 123456,
    2 => 'hello',
    3 => [
        1 => [
            1 => 'level 3 value'
        ],
        2 => 'level 2 value',
    ],
]
*/
```

grpc
----

[](#grpc)

\[wip\]

licence
=======

[](#licence)

MIT License

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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