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phar-io/manifest
================

Component for reading phar.io manifest information from a PHP Archive (PHAR)

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Manifest
========

[](#manifest)

Component for reading [phar.io](https://phar.io/) manifest information from a [PHP Archive (PHAR)](http://php.net/phar).

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

[](#installation)

You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require phar-io/manifest

```

If you only need this library during development, for instance to run your project's test suite, then you should add it as a development-time dependency:

```
composer require --dev phar-io/manifest

```

Usage Examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

### Read from `manifest.xml`

[](#read-from-manifestxml)

```
use PharIo\Manifest\ManifestLoader;
use PharIo\Manifest\ManifestSerializer;

$manifest = ManifestLoader::fromFile('manifest.xml');

var_dump($manifest);

echo (new ManifestSerializer)->serializeToString($manifest);
```

 Output```
object(PharIo\Manifest\Manifest)#14 (6) {
  ["name":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Manifest\ApplicationName)#10 (1) {
    ["name":"PharIo\Manifest\ApplicationName":private]=>
    string(12) "some/library"
  }
  ["version":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Version\Version)#12 (5) {
    ["originalVersionString":"PharIo\Version\Version":private]=>
    string(5) "1.0.0"
    ["major":"PharIo\Version\Version":private]=>
    object(PharIo\Version\VersionNumber)#13 (1) {
      ["value":"PharIo\Version\VersionNumber":private]=>
      int(1)
    }
    ["minor":"PharIo\Version\Version":private]=>
    object(PharIo\Version\VersionNumber)#23 (1) {
      ["value":"PharIo\Version\VersionNumber":private]=>
      int(0)
    }
    ["patch":"PharIo\Version\Version":private]=>
    object(PharIo\Version\VersionNumber)#22 (1) {
      ["value":"PharIo\Version\VersionNumber":private]=>
      int(0)
    }
    ["preReleaseSuffix":"PharIo\Version\Version":private]=>
    NULL
  }
  ["type":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Manifest\Library)#6 (0) {
  }
  ["copyrightInformation":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Manifest\CopyrightInformation)#19 (2) {
    ["authors":"PharIo\Manifest\CopyrightInformation":private]=>
    object(PharIo\Manifest\AuthorCollection)#9 (1) {
      ["authors":"PharIo\Manifest\AuthorCollection":private]=>
      array(1) {
        [0]=>
        object(PharIo\Manifest\Author)#15 (2) {
          ["name":"PharIo\Manifest\Author":private]=>
          string(13) "Reiner Zufall"
          ["email":"PharIo\Manifest\Author":private]=>
          object(PharIo\Manifest\Email)#16 (1) {
            ["email":"PharIo\Manifest\Email":private]=>
            string(16) "reiner@zufall.de"
          }
        }
      }
    }
    ["license":"PharIo\Manifest\CopyrightInformation":private]=>
    object(PharIo\Manifest\License)#11 (2) {
      ["name":"PharIo\Manifest\License":private]=>
      string(12) "BSD-3-Clause"
      ["url":"PharIo\Manifest\License":private]=>
      object(PharIo\Manifest\Url)#18 (1) {
        ["url":"PharIo\Manifest\Url":private]=>
        string(26) "https://domain.tld/LICENSE"
      }
    }
  }
  ["requirements":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Manifest\RequirementCollection)#17 (1) {
    ["requirements":"PharIo\Manifest\RequirementCollection":private]=>
    array(1) {
      [0]=>
      object(PharIo\Manifest\PhpVersionRequirement)#20 (1) {
        ["versionConstraint":"PharIo\Manifest\PhpVersionRequirement":private]=>
        object(PharIo\Version\SpecificMajorAndMinorVersionConstraint)#24 (3) {
          ["originalValue":"PharIo\Version\AbstractVersionConstraint":private]=>
          string(3) "7.0"
          ["major":"PharIo\Version\SpecificMajorAndMinorVersionConstraint":private]=>
          int(7)
          ["minor":"PharIo\Version\SpecificMajorAndMinorVersionConstraint":private]=>
          int(0)
        }
      }
    }
  }
  ["bundledComponents":"PharIo\Manifest\Manifest":private]=>
  object(PharIo\Manifest\BundledComponentCollection)#8 (1) {
    ["bundledComponents":"PharIo\Manifest\BundledComponentCollection":private]=>
    array(0) {
    }
  }
}

```

### Create via API

[](#create-via-api)

```
$bundled = new \PharIo\Manifest\BundledComponentCollection();
$bundled->add(
    new \PharIo\Manifest\BundledComponent('vendor/packageA', new \PharIo\Version\Version('1.2.3-dev')
    )
);

$manifest = new PharIo\Manifest\Manifest(
    new \PharIo\Manifest\ApplicationName('vendor/package'),
    new \PharIo\Version\Version('1.0.0'),
    new \PharIo\Manifest\Library(),
    new \PharIo\Manifest\CopyrightInformation(
        new \PharIo\Manifest\AuthorCollection(),
        new \PharIo\Manifest\License(
            'BSD-3-Clause',
            new \PharIo\Manifest\Url('https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html')
        )
    ),
    new \PharIo\Manifest\RequirementCollection(),
    $bundled
);

echo (new ManifestSerializer)->serializeToString($manifest);
```

 Output```

```

###  Health Score

67

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity83

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community34

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 72.2% 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 ~319 days

Recently: every ~348 days

Total

9

Last Release

852d ago

Major Versions

1.0.3 → 2.0.02020-05-09

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

2.0.0PHP ^7.2

2.0.1PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1089?v=4)[Sebastian Probst Eide](/maintainers/sebastian)[@sebastian](https://github.com/sebastian)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0fc8fe1ac311fb26137cc3b26cd6c1bbb58c9ac4f287eb9d8242a741cef9a502?d=identicon)[theseer](/maintainers/theseer)

---

Top Contributors

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### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/phar-io-manifest/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/phar-io-manifest/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/phar-io-manifest)
```

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