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tsantos/serializer
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Object (de)serializer component for PHP

v4.0.2(7y ago)281.7k11MITPHPPHP ^7.1

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TSantos Serializer
==================

[](#tsantos-serializer)

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TSantos Serializer is a library to encode/decode PHP objects to some string representation. Because of its exclusive serialization strategy, this library is the [faster serialization component](https://github.com/tsantos84/serializer-benchmark) to PHP.

Instalation
-----------

[](#instalation)

You can install this library through composer:

`composer require tsantos/serializer`

or just add `tsantos/serializer` to your composer file and then

`composer update`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The best way to get start with `TSantos Serializer` is by using the builder. With a few configurations you are ready to serialize your data:

```
use TSantos\Serializer\SerializerBuilder;

class Post {
    public $title;
    public $summary;
}

$serializer = (new SerializerBuilder())
    ->setHydratorDir('/path/to/generated/hydrators')
    ->build();

$person = new Post('Post title', 'Post summary');

echo $serializer->serialize($person); // {"title":"Post title", "summary":"Post summary"}
```

This is the simplest example to get you started with TSantos Serializer. There are a lot of capabilities which you should know in order to master your serializer instance and take advantage of all library's power.

Features
--------

[](#features)

Main features currently supported by TSantos Serializer:

- No need to mapping classes for simple use cases ...
- ... but supports `YAML`, `XML` and `Annotations` mapping formats for advanced mapping
- Supports `JSON` encoders
- (De-)serializes objects of any depth
- Virtual properties
- Properties grouping
- Event listeners to hook into serialization operations
- (De-)serializes interfaces and abstract classes

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Please refer to the [documentation page](https://tsantos-serializer.readthedocs.io) to see all allowed configurations.

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

MIT

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

`vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit.xml.dist`

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~48 days

Recently: every ~56 days

Total

9

Last Release

2761d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.0.02017-12-23

2.1.0 → v3.0.02018-07-05

v3.0.0 → v4.0.02018-11-11

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

data-transformationphp-libraryphp7serialization-libraryserializermetadatadata transformation

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