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odan/hydrator
=============

A high performance hydrator for PHP.

1.4.1(8y ago)519.1k2MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Oct 4Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Hydrator
========

[](#hydrator)

A high performance hydrator for PHP.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require odan/hydrator
```

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Array to Object
- Object to Array

### ObjectProperty

[](#objectproperty)

Any data key matching a publicly accessible property will be hydrated; any public properties will be used for extraction.

### ClassMethod

[](#classmethod)

Any data key matching a setter method will be called in order to hydrate; any method matching a getter method will be called for extraction.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// User entity
class User
{
    public $id;
    public $username;
    public $firstName;
    public $email;
}

// A row from the database
$userRow = [
    'id' => 1,
    'username' => 'admin',
    'first_name' => 'John Doe',
    'email' => 'john@example.com'
];

// Create the hydrator
$hydrator = new \Odan\Hydrator\ObjectProperty();

// Convert array to a new User object (with lower camel case properties)
$user = $hydrator->hydrate($userRow, new User());

print_r($user);

/*
User Object
(
    [id] => 1
    [username] => admin
    [firstName] => John Doe
    [email] => john@example.com
)
*/

// Convert User object to an array with lower camel case keys
$array = $hydrator->extract($user);

print_r($array);

/*
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [username] => admin
    [first_name] => John Doe
    [email] => john@example.com
)
*/
```

Alternatives
------------

[](#alternatives)

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-
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License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.9% 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 ~26 days

Recently: every ~39 days

Total

7

Last Release

2992d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02017-10-05

PHP version history (2 changes)1.1.0PHP ^7.0

1.2.0PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/89d408d7f6ed65cdbeba70a2da2d0a8a1135fc37ebc07c44989f509221cc91bd?d=identicon)[odan](/maintainers/odan)

---

Top Contributors

[![odan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/781074?v=4)](https://github.com/odan "odan (31 commits)")[![mstaack](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10169509?v=4)](https://github.com/mstaack "mstaack (1 commits)")

---

Tags

hydrationhydratorphparrayobjectentityhydratorhydrationpopopoco

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/odan-hydrator/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/odan-hydrator/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/odan-hydrator)
```

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