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

A parsing library for extended YAML.

1.0.1(6y ago)019MITPHP

Since Apr 30Pushed 6y 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

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

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

2518d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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