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tdt/json
========

Reads a json stream memory efficiently.

v1.0.1(12y ago)31.9k1AGPLv3PHP

Since Jan 24Pushed 12y ago5 watchersCompare

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tdt/json
========

[](#tdtjson)

JSONCharInputReader processes JSON data streams character-by-character

The data stream *must* be in the form of a JSON array (atm). ie. \[1, 2, \[3, 4\], {"five": "six"}, ...

examples
========

[](#examples)

To run the examples/example.php execute the following in your terminal:

```
$ cd examples
$ cat | php example.php
```

Testing //todo
==============

[](#testing-todo)

We have a few tests in the tests directory. You can run them as follows if you have phpunit installed:

```
$ phpunit tests/
```

Or you can watch our travis-ci.org page when you have pushed to this repository.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~454 days

Total

2

Last Release

4407d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/af95b988ec0a5527b14f7ff9d0c3c43b0b89f0abaff5b741f6be4c37aaebe4b8?d=identicon)[pietercolpaert](/maintainers/pietercolpaert)

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Top Contributors

[![coreation](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/361244?v=4)](https://github.com/coreation "coreation (1 commits)")[![pietercolpaert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/347073?v=4)](https://github.com/pietercolpaert "pietercolpaert (1 commits)")

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Tags

streamjsonBufferchunk

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