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schnittstabil/json-decode-file
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Read and decode JSON files

2.1.0(8y ago)31.4k2[1 issues](https://github.com/schnittstabil/json-decode-file/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

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> Read and decode JSON files

[Handles UTF byte order marks (BOM)](https://github.com/duncan3dc/bom-string), uses [kherge/file-manager](https://github.com/kherge-php/file-manager) and [seld/jsonlint](https://github.com/Seldaek/jsonlint) to throw helpful File and JSON Exceptions respectively.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer require schnittstabil/json-decode-file

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use function Schnittstabil\JsonDecodeFile\jsonDecodeFile;

try {
    $json = jsonDecodeFile('composer.json');
} catch (\KHerGe\File\Exception\ResourceException $err) {
    echo $err->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
} catch (\Seld\JsonLint\ParsingException $err) {
    echo $err->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
```

Related
-------

[](#related)

- [load-json-file](https://github.com/sindresorhus/load-json-file) – Node.js version and inspiration of this projeject

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT © [Michael Mayer](http://schnittstabil.de)

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90% 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 ~136 days

Total

5

Last Release

3011d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02017-02-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6059032?v=4)[Michael Mayer](/maintainers/schnittstabil)[@schnittstabil](https://github.com/schnittstabil)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

jsonjson\_decodevalidatorexceptionfiledecodeparseUTFbomfile\_get\_contents

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