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robgridley/simple-xml-mapper
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Uses reflection to map XML to PHP objects.

1.0.1(9y ago)73403MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Mar 9Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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SimpleXMLMapper
===============

[](#simplexmlmapper)

Uses reflection to map XML to PHP objects. Inspired in part by [sabre/xml](http://sabre.io/xml/valueobjects/).

Usage Example
-------------

[](#usage-example)

```

        Volkswagen
        1937-01-04 00:00:00

    Golf R
    2016
    39995.95

        Lapiz Blue
        Oryx White

            19-inch "Pretoria" Wheels

            Technology Package

    false
    true

```

```
use DateTime;
use SimpleXMLElement;
use SimpleXmlMapper\XmlMapper;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractor;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\PhpDocExtractor;
use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\ReflectionExtractor;

class Car
{
    /**
     * @var Manufacturer
     */
    public $manufacturer;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    public $model;

    /**
     * @var int
     */
    public $year;

    /**
     * @var float
     */
    public $msrp;

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    public $colours = [];

    /**
     * @var Option[]
     */
    public $options = [];

    /**
     * @var bool
     */
    public $hybrid;

    /**
     * @var bool
     */
    public $awd;
}

class Manufacturer
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    public $name;

    /**
     * @var DateTime
     */
    public $founded;
}

class Option
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    public $name;
}

$listExtractors = [new ReflectionExtractor];
$typeExtractors = [new PhpDocExtractor];
$extractor = new PropertyInfoExtractor($listExtractors, $typeExtractors);

$mapper = new XmlMapper($extractor);
$mapper->addType(DateTime::class, function ($xml) {
    return DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $xml);
});

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents('car.xml'));
$car = $mapper->map($xml, Car::class);
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3348d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![robgridley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9560656?v=4)](https://github.com/robgridley "robgridley (13 commits)")

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Tags

xmlreflectionobjectmapper

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