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phpbinary/phpbinary
===================

A PHP library to work with binary data.

1.0.0(9y ago)6252MITPHPPHP ~5.5|~7.0

Since Nov 11Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpbinary
=========

[](#phpbinary)

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A PHP library that can be used to work with binary data.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require phpbinary/phpbinary
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$stream = new Stream(fopen('awesome.bin', 'rb'));
$value = $stream->readInt16();
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Walter Tamboer](https://github.com/waltertamboer)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0ee7f711ef4d45ada0ac92c7ab2f548055a7cfbe718da6c4bbb81b2f6693c528?d=identicon)[waltertamboer](/maintainers/waltertamboer)

---

Top Contributors

[![waltertamboer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/508054?v=4)](https://github.com/waltertamboer "waltertamboer (4 commits)")

---

Tags

binaryphpreaderstreamwriterphpbinary

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

### Embed Badge

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```

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