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rangelreale/mdh
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PHP Multiple Data Handler - configurable data parser and formatter to and from PHP format

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PHP Multi Data Handler
======================

[](#php-multi-data-handler)

PHP Multi Data Handler (MDH) is a library used to format and parse data **to and from PHP format**. Using multiple converters, is is possible to convert between formats.

The library is very flexible, allowing datatype registration, fallback to a default conversion, and overriding any conversion.

Date and time values are **always** returned as a DateTime class. The library accepts timestamps as input, but the output is always a DateTime class.

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
// creates the base class (the converters "default" and "user" are default)
$mdh = new \RangelReale\mdh\MDH();
// use the en-US locale
$mdh->locale = 'en-US';
// add a mysql converter
$mdh->setConverter('db', new \RangelReale\mdh\mysql\MySQLConverter($mdh));

// using the "db" converter, format a datetime from PHP format to MySQL format
echo $mdh->db->format('datetime', time()), ''; // 2016-12-09 13:26:42
// using the "db" converter, parse a datetime from MySQL format to PHP format
echo print_r($mdh->db->parse('datetime', '2016-01-10 15:00:00'), true), ''; // DateTime Object ( [date] => 2016-01-10 15:00:00.000000 [timezone_type] => 3 [timezone] => America/Sao_Paulo )

// using the "user" converter, format a datetime from PHP format to user format (using locale)
echo $mdh->user->format('datetime', time()), ''; // 12/9/16, 1:34 PM

// convert a datetime value from "db" to "user" format
echo $mdh->convert('db', 'user', 'datetime', '2016-10-10 21:00:00'), ''; // 10/10/16, 9:00 PM
```

### Multiple conversion

[](#multiple-conversion)

Multiple fields can be converted at the same time.

```
$multi = new \RangelReale\mdh\MultiConversion([
    'value' => 'decimal',
    'date_created' => 'datetime',
]);
echo print_r($mdh->convertMulti(null, 'user', $multi, [
    'value' => 15.1872,
    'date_created' => time(),
])->result, true), ''; // Array ( [value] => 15.19 [date_created] => 12/9/16, 1:39 PM )
```

### Default data types

[](#default-data-types)

- raw
- text
- boolean
- integer
- date
- time
- datetime
- decimal
- currency
- decimalfull
- bytes
- timeperiod
- bitmask

### Author

[](#author)

Rangel Reale

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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