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phootwork/json
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PHP json wrapper library

v3.2.3(2y ago)280.2k↑16.7%2MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since May 12Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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PHP JSON Library
================

[](#php-json-library)

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PHP json library, with clean syntax and proper error management (through exception).

Goals
-----

[](#goals)

- Wrap native PHP functions with classes
- Provide solid error handling with exceptions

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

[](#installation)

Installation via composer:

```
composer require phootwork/json

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

This package is a part of the Phootwork library. In order to run the test suite, you have to download the full library.

```
git clone https://github.com/phootwork/phootwork

```

Then install the dependencies via composer:

```
composer install

```

Now, run the *json* test suite:

```
vendor/bin/phpunit --testsuite json

```

If you want to run the whole library tests, simply run:

```
vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

Report issues at the github [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/phootwork/phootwork/issues).

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Refer to [Releases](https://github.com/phootwork/phootwork/releases)

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance29

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56% 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 ~195 days

Recently: every ~202 days

Total

16

Last Release

1089d ago

Major Versions

v1.2 → v2.0-alpha2019-09-08

v2.1.2 → v3.02021-03-08

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0PHP >=5.4

v1.2PHP >=5.6

v2.0-alphaPHP >=7.2

v3.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

jsonphp-json-libraryjson

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