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openlss/lib-tml
===============

Library for parsing and creating our Tabbed Meta Lanuage (TML)

0.0.5(13y ago)089LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Mar 23Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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openlss/lib-tml
===============

[](#openlsslib-tml)

Library for parsing and creating our Tabbed Meta Lanuage (TML)

TML is a simple storage language that LSS can use. TML stands for “Tabbed Meta Language” while tabs arent required as a delimiter they are suggested.

Syntax
------

[](#syntax)

- Each level must be indented by one delimiter (TAB is the default)
- Name value pairs must be separated by one delimiter (TAB again)
- Empty arrays must be defined as: name \[\]
- Anonymous array entries can be added to lists but when converted back to TML they will show with the indexes
- All TML files require a root element that defines the document

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
app
        source  /opt/myapp
        mirror  /data/mirror
        blankarray    []
        packages
                usr/lib/news
                        version         0.0.1
                        description     The news library
                        depends
                                main/util/func  0.0.1
                        manifest
                                lib/news.php
                usr/app-web/news
                        version         0.0.1
                        description     News front end
                        depends
                                main/sys/db     0.0.1
                                usr/lib/news    0.0.1
                        manifest
                                ctl/news.php
                                tpl/news.tpl.php
                                news.txt

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \LSS\TML

//setup our test array
$array = array('test'=>'test1','test2'=>'test3');

//conert array to TML
$tml = TML::fromArray($array);

//convert TML to array
$array = TML::toArray($tml);
```

Reference
---------

[](#reference)

### (string) TML::fromArray($arr,$level=0,$newline=true)

[](#string-tmlfromarrayarrlevel0newlinetrue)

- $arr The array to be parsed into TML
- $level This is an internal pointer for nested parsing
- $newline This is an internal flag for nested parsing Returns TML that can be transported as texted and is excellent for compression

### (array) TML::toArray($buf)

[](#array-tmltoarraybuf)

- $buf The TML to be parsed Returns an array matching the original input array

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~1 days

Total

5

Last Release

4845d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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