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serverlessworkflow/sdk
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Provides the PHP API/SPI for the Serverless Workflow Specification.

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Serverless Workflow Specification - PHP SDK
===========================================

[](#serverless-workflow-specification---php-sdk)

Provides the PHP API/SPI for the [Serverless Workflow Specification](https://github.com/serverlessworkflow/specification).

With the SDK you can:

- Programmatically build workflow definitions
- Parse workflow JSON and YAML definitions
- Validate workflow definitions

### Status

[](#status)

Current SDK version conforms to the [Serverless Workflow specification v0.8](https://github.com/serverlessworkflow/specification/tree/0.8.x).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer install serverlessworkflow/sdk
```

Build
-----

[](#build)

```
use Serverless\Workflow\Action;
use Serverless\Workflow\ActionDataFilter;
use Serverless\Workflow\FunctionDef;
use Serverless\Workflow\FunctionRef;
use Serverless\Workflow\OperationState;
use Serverless\Workflow\Workflow;

$workflow = new Workflow([
    'id' => 'greeting',
    'name' => 'Greeting Workflow',
    'description' => 'Greet Someone',
    'version' => '1.0',
    'specVersion' => '0.8',
    'start' => 'Greet',
    'states' => [
        new OperationState([
            'name' => 'Greet',
            'type' => 'operation',
            'actions' => [
                new Action([
                    'functionRef' => new FunctionRef([
                        'refName' => 'greetingFunction',
                        'arguments' => [
                            'name' => '${ .person.name }',
                        ],
                    ]),
                    'actionDataFilter' => new ActionDataFilter([
                        'results' => '${ .greeting }',
                    ]),
                ]),
            ],
            'end' => true,
        ]),
    ],
    'functions' => [
        new FunctionDef([
            'name' => 'greetingFunction',
            'operation' => 'file://myapis/greetingapis.json#greeting',
        ]),
    ],
]);
```

Parse
-----

[](#parse)

### Convert from JSON/YAML source

[](#convert-from-jsonyaml-source)

```
$workflow = Workflow::fromJson(file_get_contents('workflow.json'));

$workflow = Workflow::fromYaml(file_get_contents('workflow.yaml'));
```

### Convert to JSON/YAML

[](#convert-to-jsonyaml)

```
$json = $workflow->toJson();

$yaml = $workflow->toYaml();
```

Validate
--------

[](#validate)

```
use Serverless\Workflow\WorkflowValidator;

WorkflowValidator::validate($workflow);
```

The `validate` method will raise an exception if the provided workflow does not comply with the specification.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.6% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

951d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1130888?v=4)[Richard McDaniel](/maintainers/rmcdaniel)[@rmcdaniel](https://github.com/rmcdaniel)

---

Top Contributors

[![rmcdaniel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1130888?v=4)](https://github.com/rmcdaniel "rmcdaniel (5 commits)")[![cdavernas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16137162?v=4)](https://github.com/cdavernas "cdavernas (4 commits)")

---

Tags

cncfphpsdkserverlessserverless-workflowworkflow

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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