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p1ratrulezzz/json-collection-parser
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Streaming parser for large JSON files containing array of objects

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JsonCollectionParser
====================

[](#jsoncollectionparser)

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Event-based parser for large JSON collections (consumes small amount of memory). Built on top of [JSON Streaming Parser](https://github.com/salsify/jsonstreamingparser)

This package is compliant with [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/4/), [PSR-1](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/1/), and [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/2/). If you notice compliance oversights, please send a patch via pull request.

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

[](#installation)

You will need [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install the package

```
composer require p1ratrulezzz/json-collection-parser ~1.5
```

Input data format
-----------------

[](#input-data-format)

Collection must be an array of objects.

```
[
    {
        "id": 78,
        "title": "Title",
        "dealType": "sale",
        "propertyType": "townhouse",
        "properties": {
            "bedroomsCount": 6,
            "parking": "yes"
        },
        "photos": [
            "1.jpg",
            "2.jpg"
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": 729,
        "dealType": "rent_long",
        "propertyType": "villa"
    },
    {
        "id": 5165,
        "dealType": "rent_short",
        "propertyType": "villa"
    }
]
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Function as callback:

```
function processItem(array $item)
{
    is_array($item); //true
    print_r($item);
}

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$parser->parse('/path/to/file.json', 'processItem');
```

Closure as callback:

```
$items = [];

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$parser->parse('/path/to/file.json', function (array $item) use (&$items) {
    $items[] = $item;
});
```

Static method as callback:

```
class ItemProcessor {
    public static function process(array $item)
    {
        is_array($item); //true
        print_r($item);
    }
}

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$parser->parse('/path/to/file.json', ['ItemProcessor', 'process']);
```

Instance method as callback:

```
class ItemProcessor {
    public function process(array $item)
    {
        is_array($item); //true
        print_r($item);
    }
}

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$processor = new \ItemProcessor();
$parser->parse('/path/to/file.json', [$processor, 'process']);
```

Receive items as objects:

```
function processItem(\stdClass $item)
{
    is_array($item); //false
    is_object($item); //true
    print_r($item);
}

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$parser->parseAsObjects('/path/to/file.json', 'processItem');
```

Pass stream as parser input:

```
$stream = fopen('/path/to/file.json', 'r');

$parser = new \JsonCollectionParser\Parser();
$parser->parseAsObjects($stream, 'processItem');
```

Supported file formats
----------------------

[](#supported-file-formats)

- `.json` - raw JSON format
- `.gz` - GZIP-compressed file (you will need `zlib` PHP extension installed)

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

```
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under [MIT](http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license) license.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.2% 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 ~93 days

Recently: every ~22 days

Total

17

Last Release

2532d ago

Major Versions

0.3.0 → 1.0.02016-03-23

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.0.0PHP ^5.4 | ^7.0

1.2.0PHP ^5.6 | ^7.0

1.3.0PHP ^7.1

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

json

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