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phlib/csv
=========

A CSV parsing library; Prevents out of memory errors when parsing large files without a closing string delimiter

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phlib/csv
=========

[](#phlibcsv)

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A CSV parsing library; Prevents out of memory errors when parsing large files without a closing string delimiter

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require phlib/csv
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$stream = stream_for(fopen($filename, 'r')); // Must be a *seekable* stream
$csv = new \Phlib\Csv($stream);
foreach ($csv as $row) {
    print_r($row);
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see .

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% 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 ~724 days

Total

4

Last Release

1370d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02017-02-23

1.0.1 → 2.0.02022-08-14

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^5.5 || ^7.0

2.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![chrisminett](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1084019?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisminett "chrisminett (48 commits)")[![jdempster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10297?v=4)](https://github.com/jdempster "jdempster (2 commits)")[![awhale](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6044970?v=4)](https://github.com/awhale "awhale (1 commits)")

---

Tags

csv

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StyleECS

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