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sonsofphp/json
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Wrapper around native json php functions

v0.3.10(1y ago)16.2k1MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since May 7Pushed 9mo agoCompare

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Sons of PHP - Json Component
============================

[](#sons-of-php---json-component)

Just a simple wrapper around native PHP json functions.

Learn More
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[](#learn-more)

- [Documentation](https://docs.sonsofphp.com/components/json/)
- [Contributing](https://docs.sonsofphp.com/contributing/)
- [Report Issues](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AJSON) and [Submit Pull Requests](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3AJSON) in the [Mother Repository](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp)
- Get Help & Support using [Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/SonsOfPHP/discussions) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/sdVxNhFqND)

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance49

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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. 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 ~39 days

Recently: every ~149 days

Total

24

Last Release

578d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.1PHP >=7.4

v0.3.5PHP >=8.0

v0.3.6PHP >=8.1

v0.3.9PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)[Joshua Estes](/maintainers/joshuaestes)[@JoshuaEstes](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes)

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Top Contributors

[![JoshuaEstes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes "JoshuaEstes (13 commits)")

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Tags

jsonjson-decoderjson-encoderphpsons-of-phpsonsofphpjson

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