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robertsaupe/php-json
====================

php library for json and jsonc parsing

1.0.4(2y ago)0341MITPHPPHP >=8.2.0

Since May 30Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-json
========

[](#php-json)

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php library for json and jsonc parsing

Supporting
----------

[](#supporting)

[GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/robertsaupe) | [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/robertsaupe) | [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=SQMRNY8YVPCZQ) | [Amazon](https://www.amazon.de/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll2&tag=robertsaupe-21&linkId=b79bc86cee906816af515980cb1db95e&language=de_DE)

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
composer require robertsaupe/php-json
```

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

[](#getting-started)

### Json

[](#json)

```
use robertsaupe\Json\Json;

$json = new Json();
print_r($json->decodeFile('path_to_file.json'));
```

### Jsonc

[](#jsonc)

```
use robertsaupe\Json\Jsonc;

$jsonc = new Jsonc();
print_r($jsonc->decodeFile('path_to_file.jsonc'));
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [box-project/box](https://github.com/box-project/box) for basic Json parsing

    - Kevin Herrera
    - Théo Fidry
- Alexander Shostak  for decode commented json

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~158 days

Total

5

Last Release

864d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1

1.0.1PHP >=8.0.0

1.0.4PHP >=8.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75934406?v=4)[Robert Saupe](/maintainers/robertsaupe)[@robertsaupe](https://github.com/robertsaupe)

---

Top Contributors

[![robertsaupe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75934406?v=4)](https://github.com/robertsaupe "robertsaupe (16 commits)")

---

Tags

jsonjsonclibraryparsingphpphp8phpjsonlibraryparsingphp8jsonc

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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