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pear/xml\_parser
================

XML parser

v1.3.8(7y ago)71.6M—5.9%53BSD-2-ClausePHP

Since Jun 7Pushed 7y ago12 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pear/XML_Parser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/xml_parser)[ RSS](/packages/pear-xml-parser/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (2)Versions (7)Used By (3)

```
This package is http://pear.php.net/package/XML_Parser and has been migrated from https://svn.php.net/repository/pear/packages/XML_Parser

Please report all new issues via the PEAR bug tracker.

If this package is marked as unmaintained and you have fixes, please submit your pull requests and start discussion on the pear-qa mailing list.

To test, run either
$ phpunit tests/
  or
$ pear run-tests -r

To build, simply
$ pear package

To install from scratch
$ pear install package.xml

To upgrade
$ pear upgrade -f package.xml
```

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community27

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~353 days

Recently: every ~442 days

Total

6

Last Release

2595d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a1a2e6fe03f91204de2117430a748a12db2957eb113d4a50fc86d68d3c851e11?d=identicon)[cweiske](/maintainers/cweiske)

---

Top Contributors

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