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pascalc/php-properties
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Extract data stored in Java style .properties files in PHP

1.0.1(13y ago)01351(MPL 2 or GPL 2.0 or LGPL 2.1)PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 7Pushed 8y agoCompare

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PhpProperties
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[](#phpproperties)

PHP parser for .properties files

Licence: MPL 2/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 Author: Pascal Chevrel, Mozilla , Mozilla Date : 2012-12-05

Description: Read java .properties files in PHP

This is a total work in progress, I needed to parse properties file in PHP half a dozen times already for different projects, it's probably time to write a proper lib :)

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~118 days

Total

2

Last Release

4789d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5bae996500da5bee93fa0a9adc1aeae4d9fba70099a79a834cd2a626b7b4305f?d=identicon)[pascalc](/maintainers/pascalc)

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Top Contributors

[![pascalchevrel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/454375?v=4)](https://github.com/pascalchevrel "pascalchevrel (34 commits)")

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