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SPSS php implementation

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SPSS
====

[](#spss)

A PHP library for reading and writing SPSS data files.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3.0 and up.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
composer require sakalauskas/spss

```

or add

```
"sakalauskas/spss": "^2.0"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Reader example:

```
$reader = \SPSS\Reader::fromFile('path/to/file.sav');
```

or

```
$reader = \SPSS\Reader::fromString(file_get_contents('path/to/file.sav'));
```

Writer example:

```
$writer = new \SPSS\Writer([
    'header' => [
            'prodName'     => '@(#) SPSS DATA FILE test',
            'layoutCode'   => 2,
            'compression'  => 1,
            'weightIndex'  => 0,
            'bias'         => 100,
            'creationDate' => '13 Feb 89',
            'creationTime' => '13:13:13',
    ],
    'variables' => [
        [
                'name'     => 'VAR1',
                'width'    => 0,
                'decimals' => 0,
                'format'   => 5,
                'columns'  => 50,
                'align'    => 1,
                'measure'  => 1,
                'data'     => [
                    1, 2, 3
                ],
        ],
        ...
    ]
]);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.5% 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 ~20 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

3207d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/94cb04668e8a6da8a0532d04ab34705c4fe3f319df00b273335c00ea508db0c0?d=identicon)[sakalauskas](/maintainers/sakalauskas)

---

Top Contributors

[![tiamo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1963342?v=4)](https://github.com/tiamo "tiamo (53 commits)")[![cjmcdonn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108813?v=4)](https://github.com/cjmcdonn "cjmcdonn (4 commits)")[![sakalauskas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1455148?v=4)](https://github.com/sakalauskas "sakalauskas (4 commits)")[![blp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/613451?v=4)](https://github.com/blp "blp (1 commits)")

---

Tags

writerreaderstatisticsspssporsav

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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