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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. patchlevel/hydrator ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) patchlevel/hydrator =================== A library for seamless hydration of objects to arrays - and back again, optimized for developer experience and performance 2.0.0(2mo ago)17622.4k↓39.5%3[1 issues](https://github.com/patchlevel/hydrator/issues)[7 PRs](https://github.com/patchlevel/hydrator/pulls)3MITPHPPHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0CI passing Since Feb 20Pushed 3w ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/patchlevel/hydrator)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/patchlevel/hydrator)[ Docs](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest)[ RSS](/packages/patchlevel-hydrator/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.1.x Synced 2w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (47)Versions (99)Used By (3) [![Mutation testing badge](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/08bcae324a44635719b975526bc6b6d840e62d100cb1567c8dcb3ef19017c6d5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f656e64706f696e743f7374796c653d666c61742675726c3d687474707325334125324625324662616467652d6170692e737472796b65722d6d757461746f722e696f2532466769746875622e636f6d25324670617463686c6576656c2532466879647261746f72253246322e302e78)](https://dashboard.stryker-mutator.io/reports/github.com/patchlevel/hydrator/2.0.x)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6481d603697d852b5dcd1e4eda194443c9c9e45e834b86c39359d1ce831aec28/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f70617463686c6576656c2f6879647261746f722f76)](//packagist.org/packages/patchlevel/hydrator)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c5604acf4c64abde19cd007d60353d01630f93ee7f65eee48a308efafcc66103/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f70617463686c6576656c2f6879647261746f722f6c6963656e7365)](//packagist.org/packages/patchlevel/hydrator) Hydrator ======== [](#hydrator) "A library for seamless hydration of objects to arrays - and back again, optimized for developer experience and performance." Features -------- [](#features) - Extract objects to arrays and [hydrate](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/hydrator) them back, without calling the constructor - Works with `final`, `readonly` classes, property promotion and deeply nested structures - Automatic [normalizer](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/normalizer) resolution for enums, date types, collections, array shapes and objects - [Rename or exclude](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/hydrator) fields with attributes - [Lazy hydration](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/lazy) of objects with PHP 8.4 lazy proxies - Pluggable [guessers](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/guesser) and [extensions](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/extensions) to customize the process - Safe usage of Personal Data with [crypto-shredding](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/cryptography) - [Metadata caching](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest/caching) with any PSR-6 or PSR-16 cache - Developer experience oriented and fully typed - and much more... Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require patchlevel/hydrator ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) - Latest [Docs](https://patchlevel.dev/docs/hydrator/latest) - Related [Blog](https://patchlevel.dev/blog) Integration ----------- [](#integration) - [Event Sourcing](https://github.com/patchlevel/event-sourcing) Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) We are open to contributions as long as they are in line with our [BC-Policy](https://patchlevel.dev/our-backward-compatibility-promise). Also note that the `composer.lock` is always generated with the newest supported PHP version as this is the version our tools run in the CI. ### Health Score 64 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance90 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity47 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community24 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity80 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 50.7% 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 ~19 days Recently: every ~12 days Total 67 Last Release 20d ago Major Versions 1.24.0 → 2.0.02026-06-15 PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0-beta1PHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 1.1.x-devPHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 1.6.x-devPHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 1.7.0PHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 1.12.x-devPHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0 1.13.0PHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/470138?v=4)[David Badura](/maintainers/DavidBadura)[@DavidBadura](https://github.com/DavidBadura) --- Top Contributors [![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (356 commits)")[![DavidBadura](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/470138?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidBadura "DavidBadura (287 commits)")[![DanielBadura](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2017762?v=4)](https://github.com/DanielBadura "DanielBadura (52 commits)")[![gsteel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2803720?v=4)](https://github.com/gsteel "gsteel (5 commits)")[![wikando-ck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73299324?v=4)](https://github.com/wikando-ck "wikando-ck (2 commits)") --- Tags ddddtoserializationnormalizerserializerhydratordenormalizerpatchlevelobject-mapping ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/patchlevel-hydrator/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/patchlevel-hydrator/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/patchlevel-hydrator) ``` ### Alternatives [api-platform/core Build a fully-featured hypermedia or GraphQL API in minutes! 2.6k52.2M378](/packages/api-platform-core)[shopware/platform The Shopware e-commerce core 3.4k1.5M3](/packages/shopware-platform)[shopware/core Shopware platform is the core for all Shopware ecommerce products. 595.8M674](/packages/shopware-core)[api-platform/metadata API Resource-oriented metadata attributes and factories 275.5M254](/packages/api-platform-metadata)[sylius/sylius E-Commerce platform for PHP, based on Symfony framework. 8.5k6.0M777](/packages/sylius-sylius)[flow-php/flow PHP ETL - Extract Transform Load - Data processing framework 86337.5k](/packages/flow-php-flow) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)