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sw897/php-shapefile
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PHP library to read and write ESRI Shapefiles, compatible with WKT and GeoJSON

2.0(5y ago)0660↑71.4%MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Nov 29Pushed 5y agoCompare

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PHP ShapeFile
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[](#php-shapefile)

PHP library to read and write ESRI Shapefiles, compatible with WKT and GeoJSON

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Documentation and examples at

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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 ~1210 days

Total

2

Last Release

1927d ago

Major Versions

1.0 → 2.02021-03-24

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0PHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![gasparesganga](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8983200?v=4)](https://github.com/gasparesganga "gasparesganga (4 commits)")[![sw897](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/551270?v=4)](https://github.com/sw897 "sw897 (2 commits)")[![Jeffrey-Invest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14127934?v=4)](https://github.com/Jeffrey-Invest "Jeffrey-Invest (1 commits)")

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Tags

geojsonShapefileshpdbfshapeESRIwkt

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