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tiefanovic/m3u
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m3u playlist parser

012PHP

Since Jul 8Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP M3u class
=============

[](#php-m3u-class)

M3u playlists manipulation (parse & create) class.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$playlist =
'#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:0,TV Channel
#EXTGRP:News
http://broadcaster.tv/channel.m3u8

#EXTINF:0 group-title="Sports",Sports channel
http://broadcaster.tv/sports.m3u8

# That\'s my favourite song
#EXTINF:253,John Doe - Universe
/home/jd - universe.mp3
';

// create a playlist object
$m3u = new M3u();

// parse an existing file
$m3u->parse($playlist);

// walk through items
$entries = $m3u->getEntries();
foreach($entries as &$entry) {
    echo $entry->name, PHP_EOL;
}

// add records
$new = new M3uEntry();
$new->path = '/home/test1.mp3';
$m3u->addEntry($new);

// or this way
$m3u->addEntry(new M3uEntry([
    'path' => '/home/test2.mp3',
    'artist' => 'Unknown artist',
    'name' => 'Unknown record'
]));

// export valid m3u playlist
echo $m3u;
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8984187?v=4)[Ahmed Atef](/maintainers/Tiefanovic)[@tiefanovic](https://github.com/tiefanovic)

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Top Contributors

[![Urvin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2264798?v=4)](https://github.com/Urvin "Urvin (1 commits)")

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