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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. veewee/xml ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) veewee/xml ========== XML without worries 4.10.0(1mo ago)1835.9M—2.7%11[1 issues](https://github.com/veewee/xml/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/veewee/xml/pulls)17MITPHPPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0CI passing Since Feb 5Pushed 1mo ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/veewee/xml)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/veewee/xml)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/veewee)[ RSS](/packages/veewee-xml/feed)WikiDiscussions 4.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (53)Versions (61)Used By (17) <XML /> ============= [](#xml-) *XML without worries* This package aims to provide all tools for dealing with XML in PHP without worries. You will find a type-safe, declarative API that deals with errors for you! Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require veewee/xml ``` Components ---------- [](#components) - [DOM](docs/dom.md): Operate on XML documents through the DOM API. - [Encoding](docs/encoding.md): Provides `xml_encode()` and `xml_decode()` so that you can deal with XML just like you deal with JSON! - [ErrorHandling](docs/error-handling.md): Provides the tools you need to safely deal with XML. - [Reader](docs/reader.md): Memory-safe XML reader. - [Writer](docs/writer.md): Memory-safe XML writer. - [XSD](docs/xsd.md): Tools for working with XSD schemas. - [XSLT](docs/xslt.md): Transform XML documents into something else. Spec compliance --------------- [](#spec-compliance) Starting from v4, this package opt's-in to the [spec compliance mode](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/opt_in_dom_spec_compliance) that has been released in PHP 8.4. Since these changes cannot be ported to older PHP versions, v3 of this package will be maintained actively for a longer period. This will give you a grace period to upgrade your PHP versions, packages, ... This little bump in the road is necessary to provide you with a better, more stable and spec-compliant package in the future. Support table: veewee/xmlPHPLTS3.0 - 3.18.1, 8.2, 8.3NO3.28.2, 8.3NO3.3+8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5YES4.0+8.4+YESRoadmap ------- [](#roadmap) These components are not implemented yet, but have been thought about. Stay tuned if you want to use these! - External: [Saxon/C](https://www.saxonica.com/saxon-c/php_api.xml): XSLT 3.0/2.0, XQuery 3.1, XPath 3.1 and Schema Validation 1.0/1.1 - Awaiting PHP8 support: - External: [XSLT2](https://github.com/genkgo/xsl) (prefer saxon/c) About ----- [](#about) ### Submitting bugs and feature requests [](#submitting-bugs-and-feature-requests) Bugs and feature request are tracked on [GitHub](https://github.com/veewee/xml/issues). Please take a look at our rules before [contributing your code](CONTRIBUTING.md). ### License [](#license) veewee/xml is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE). ### Health Score 70 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance89 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity61 Solid adoption and visibility Community31 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity84 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 95.3% 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. 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