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XML is one common choice for this, but it can grow arcane and cumbersome pretty quickly. Lots of webservice authors want to avoid thinking about XML, and instead choose formats that provide a few simple data types that correspond to common data structures in modern programming languages. In other words, JSON and YAML. Unfortunately, while these formats make it easy to pass around complex data structures, they lack a system for validation. XML has XML Schemas and RELAX NG, but these are complicated and sometimes confusing standards. They're not very portable to the kind of data structure provided by JSON, and if you wanted to avoid XML as a data encoding, writing more XML to validate the first XML is probably even less appealing. Rx is meant to provide a system for data validation that matches up with JSON-style data structures and is as easy to work with as JSON itself. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require shaggy8871/php-rx ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) [Check out the documentation](http://rx.codesimply.com/) Usage ----- [](#usage) - Create a schema file - Run `./vendor/bin/rx [""]` - Be sure to quote custom type glob! For example, `./vendor/bin/rx test.yml schema.yml "types/*.yml"` ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 62% of packages Maintenance13 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity26 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record 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. 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