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shiyan/binary
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Binary strings/files parsing and composing.

0.2.1(7y ago)010MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Aug 2Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Binary
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[](#binary)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9708ecdfc8a147978704ae1c9d93cbb838ee3dd77c959ea3348cc745c1335fa5/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d696b6573686979616e2f62696e6172792e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mikeshiyan/binary)

PHP library for binary strings/files parsing and composing.

Best suited for use as a [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) library.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP ≥ 7.1
- GMP extension

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

[](#installation)

To add this library to your Composer project:

```
composer require shiyan/binary

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~7 days

Total

3

Last Release

2874d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3637657?v=4)[Mike Shiyan](/maintainers/mikeshiyan)[@mikeshiyan](https://github.com/mikeshiyan)

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Tags

binarycomposerfilesgmpoopphpstringsphpfilesstringsbinaryOOPgmp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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