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nyankod/jsonfiledb
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json database library for PHP

v0.3.0(9y ago)1234MITPHP

Since May 8Pushed 9y ago4 watchersCompare

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JSON DB
=======

[](#json-db)

*Forked From philwc/JsonDB with many modifications*

*Handle JSON-Files like a very, very simple DB. Useful for little ajax applications.*

**Example:**

*test.json*

```
[
{"ID": 0, "Name": "Josef Brunzer", "Age": 43},
{"ID": 1, "Name": "Harald Beidlpraka", "Age": 34},
{"ID": 2, "Name": "Heinz Goschnfuada", "Age": 67},
{"ID": 3, "Name": "Gerald Ofnsacka", "Age": 43}
]

```

*test.php*

```
require '../vendor/autoload.php';
$db = new \nyankod\JsonDB('./data/');
$db->setTable('test');
$result = $db->select('Age', 43);
var_dump($result);

```

*result:*

```
array(2) {
  [0]=> array(3) { ["ID"]=> int(0) ["Name"]=> string(13) "Josef Brunzer" ["Age"]=> int(43) }
  [1]=> array(3) { ["ID"]=> int(3) ["Name"]=> string(15) "Gerald Ofnsacka" ["Age"]=> int(43) }
}

```

The default extension is .json. If you want to use a different file extension as ".dat" or whatever, set it in second parameter when create object, `$db = new \nyankod\JsonDB('./data/', '.dat');`

---

### Method Overview

[](#method-overview)

**JsonDB -> setTable ( "tablename" )** - Set tablename or create table file if not exist. This method have to always be called before doing data transaction.

**JsonDB -> select ( "key", "value" )** - Selects multiple lines which contains the key/value and returns it as array

**JsonDB -> selectAll ()** - Returns the entire file as array

**JsonDB -> update ( "key", "value", ARRAY )** - Replaces the line which corresponds to the key/value with the array-data

**JsonDB -> updateAll ( ARRAY )** - Replaces the entire file with the array-data

**JsonDB -> insert ( ARRAY )** - Appends a row, returns true on success

**JsonDB -> delete ( "key", "value" )** - Deletes all lines which corresponds to the key/value, returns number of deleted lines

**JsonDB -> deleteAll ()** - Deletes the whole data, returns "true" on success

---

### Installation

[](#installation)

Just download the latest release and extract to your project, or using composer with package name `nyankod/jsonfiledb`.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.8% 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 ~180 days

Total

6

Last Release

3491d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/41c986b90f05292c5ea899027cc9809e14bc6b35cf7341509bed987b06e736ab?d=identicon)[yllumi](/maintainers/yllumi)

---

Top Contributors

[![yllumi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/404671?v=4)](https://github.com/yllumi "yllumi (17 commits)")[![philwc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/617110?v=4)](https://github.com/philwc "philwc (12 commits)")[![strzlee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1794963?v=4)](https://github.com/strzlee "strzlee (2 commits)")

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