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phpoffice/phpproject
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PHPProject - Read, Create and Write Project Management documents in PHP

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PhpProject
==========

[](#phpproject)

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PhpProject is a library written in pure PHP that provides a set of classes to write to different project management file formats, i.e. Microsoft [MSProjectExchange](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270139) (MPX) or [GanttProject](http://www.ganttproject.biz) (GAN). PhpProject is an open source project licensed under the terms of [LGPL version 3](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/blob/develop/COPYING.LESSER). PhpProject is aimed to be a high quality software product by incorporating continuous integration and [unit testing](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/coverage/). You can learn more about PhpProject by reading the [Developers' Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/) and the [API Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/docs/).

Read more about PhpProject:

- [Features](#features)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Getting started](#getting-started)
- [Known issues](#known-issues)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Developers' Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/)
- [API Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/docs/)

### Features

[](#features)

- Create an in-memory project management representation
- Set file meta data (author, title, description, etc)
- Add resources from scratch or from existing one
- Add tasks from scratch or from existing one
- Output to different file formats: MSProjectExchange (.mpx), GanttProject (.gan)
- ... and lots of other things!

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

PhpProject requires the following:

- PHP 7.3+
- [XML Parser extension](http://www.php.net/manual/en/xml.installation.php)

### Installation

[](#installation)

It is recommended that you install the PhpProject library [through composer](http://getcomposer.org/). To do so, add the following lines to your `composer.json`.

```
{
    "require": {
       "phpoffice/phpproject": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

The following is a basic usage example of the PhpProject library.

```
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$objPHPProject = new PhpProject();

// Create resource
$objRes1 = $objPHPProject->createResource();
$objRes1->setTitle('UserBoy');

// Create a task
$objTask1 = $objPHPProject->createTask();
$objTask1->setName('Start of the project');
$objTask1->setStartDate('02-01-2012');
$objTask1->setEndDate('03-01-2012');
$objTask1->setProgress(0.5);
$objTask1->addResource($objRes1);

$oWriterGAN = IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPPowerPoint, 'GanttProject');
$oWriterGAN->save(__DIR__ . "/sample.gan");
```

More examples are provided in the [samples folder](samples/). You can also read the [Developers' Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/) and the [API Documentation](https://phpoffice.github.io/PhpProject/docs/) for more details.

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

[](#contributing)

We welcome everyone to contribute to PhpProject. Below are some of the things that you can do to contribute:

- Read [our contributing guide](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Fork us](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/fork) and [request a pull](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/pulls) to the [develop](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/tree/develop) branch
- Submit [bug reports or feature requests](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpProject/issues) to GitHub
- Follow [@PHPOffice](https://twitter.com/PHPOffice) on Twitter

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance64

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.8% 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

4343d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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