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sboesch/extended-yaml
=====================

A parsing library for extended YAML.

1.0.1(7y ago)019MITPHP

Since Apr 30Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Extended Yaml
=============

[](#extended-yaml)

Extended Yaml is a subset of Yaml, providing support for the magic `$extends` property.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sboesch/extended-yaml

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

### Input

[](#input)

```
user_types:
  user:
    first_name: null
    last_name: null
    email: null
    password: null
    enabled: 1
    roles: [ROLE_USER]
  admin:
    $extends: 'user_types.user'
    roles: [ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN]

users:
  admin:
    $extends: 'user_types.admin'
```

### Output

[](#output)

```
user_types:
  user:
    first_name: null
    last_name: null
    email: null
    password: null
    enabled: 1
    roles: [ROLE_USER]
  admin:
    first_name: null
    last_name: null
    email: null
    password: null
    enabled: 1
    roles: [ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN]

users:
  admin:
    first_name: null
    last_name: null
    email: null
    password: null
    enabled: 1
    roles: [ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN]
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~50 days

Total

2

Last Release

2567d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16945695?v=4)[sboesch](/maintainers/sboesch)[@sboesch](https://github.com/sboesch)

---

Top Contributors

[![sboesch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16945695?v=4)](https://github.com/sboesch "sboesch (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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