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phphleb/nicejson
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Convert json to readable form

1.0.0(2y ago)16.0k↓40.9%5MITPHPPHP >=8.2.0

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NICEJSON
========

[](#nicejson)

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Previous code for PHP version < 8.2

### Convert json to readable form

[](#convert-json-to-readable-form)

Install using Composer:

```
composer require phphleb/nicejson
```

---

Convert

```
{"example":["first","second"]}
```

to

```
{
   "example": [
       "first",
       "second"
   ]
}
```

```
$data = '{"example":["first","second"]}'; // string json
file_put_contents('/path/to/result/json/file/', (new \Phphleb\Nicejson\JsonConverter())->get($data));
```

or

```
$data = ["example"=>["first","second"]]; // array
file_put_contents('/path/to/result/json/file/', (new \Phphleb\Nicejson\JsonConverter())->get($data));
```

or

```
$data = (object) ["example"=>["first","second"]]; // object
file_put_contents('/path/to/result/json/file/', (new \Phphleb\Nicejson\JsonConverter())->get($data));
```

add flag to json\_encode(...)

```
use Phphleb\Nicejson\JsonConverter;
$jsonConverterObject = new JsonConverter(JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

832d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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