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swoft/serialize
===============

simple data serializer tool library of the php

v2.0.1(6y ago)237.0k—0%24Apache-2.0PHPPHP >7.1.0

Since Apr 12Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Data Serialize
==============

[](#data-serialize)

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Universal data serializer for PHP

Serializers:

- json(by `json_encode`)
- php(by `serialize`)
- igbinary(by extension `igbinary`)
- msgpack(by extension `msgpack`)

Install
-------

[](#install)

- composer command

```
composer require swoft/serialize
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$serializer = new JsonSerializer();
// $serializer = new PhpSerializer();
// $serializer = new IgBinarySerializer();
// $serializer = new MsgPackSerializer();

// serialize data
$string = $serializer->serialize($data);

// unserialize string
$data = $serializer->unserialize($string);
```

Unit testing
------------

[](#unit-testing)

```
phpunit
```

LICENSE
-------

[](#license)

The Component is open-sourced software licensed under the [Apache license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.2% 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 ~199 days

Total

4

Last Release

2350d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.1 → v2.0.02019-11-11

PHP version history (2 changes)1.x-devPHP >7.0.0

v2.0.0PHP >7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b2523931b3da00b736f7228ef9523aec5300b7ebead79a1460256cfc1a913fe5?d=identicon)[swoft](/maintainers/swoft)

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Top Contributors

[![inhere](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5302062?v=4)](https://github.com/inhere "inhere (25 commits)")[![huangzhhui](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12077148?v=4)](https://github.com/huangzhhui "huangzhhui (1 commits)")

---

Tags

php-libraryserializationswoft-componentphplibrarytool

###  Code Quality

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