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spomky-labs/cbor-php
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CBOR Encoder/Decoder for PHP

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CBOR for PHP
============

[](#cbor-for-php)

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A comprehensive PHP library for encoding and decoding **CBOR** (Concise Binary Object Representation) data according to [RFC 8949](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8949).

Features
--------

[](#features)

- ✅ Full support for all CBOR major types (0-7)
- ✅ Extensible tag system with built-in support for common tags
- ✅ Streaming decoder for efficient memory usage
- ✅ Type-safe API with modern PHP 8.0+ features
- ✅ Comprehensive support for indefinite-length objects
- ✅ Built-in normalization to PHP native types

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require spomky-labs/cbor-php
```

**Requirements:**

- PHP 8.0 or higher
- ext-mbstring
- brick/math

**Optional but recommended:**

- ext-gmp or ext-bcmath for improved performance with large integers
- ext-bcmath for Big Float and Decimal Fraction support

This project follows [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/) strictly.

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

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