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prowebcraft/php-json-db
=======================

Simple And Flexible database in JSON file

0.1.4(5y ago)52.3k21MITPHP

Since Nov 4Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-json-db
===========

[](#php-json-db)

Simple And Flexible database in JSON file

\#Installation

```
composer require prowebcraft/php-json-db
```

\#Usage Create JsonDb instance

```
$db = new \Prowebcraft\JsonDb([
  'name' => 'users.json',
  'dir' => getcwd()
]);
```

Add some data

```
$db->set('user', [
    'firstname' => 'John',
    'lastname' => 'Doe'
]);
```

Add more data to existing array

```
$db->set('user.age', 18);
```

Save data to storage

```
$db->save();
```

You will get file in current working directory named *users.json* with sample data:

```
{
    "user": {
        "firstname": "John",
        "lastname": "Doe",
        "age": 18
    }
}
```

Get items

```
$db->get('user.age');
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Every ~302 days

Total

5

Last Release

1908d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4133348?v=4)[Andrei Mistulov](/maintainers/prowebcraft)[@prowebcraft](https://github.com/prowebcraft)

---

Top Contributors

[![prowebcraft](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4133348?v=4)](https://github.com/prowebcraft "prowebcraft (2 commits)")

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