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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. zendframework/zend-json Abandoned → [laminas/laminas-json](/?search=laminas%2Flaminas-json)ArchivedLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) zendframework/zend-json ======================= provides convenience methods for serializing native PHP to JSON and decoding JSON to native PHP 3.1.2(6y ago)10024.1M↑23.3%27[5 issues](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-json/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-json/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 Since Oct 10Pushed 6y ago15 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-json)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/zendframework/zend-json)[ RSS](/packages/zendframework-zend-json/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (3)Versions (70)Used By (20)Security (1) zend-json ========= [](#zend-json) > ## Repository abandoned 2019-12-31 > > [](#repository-abandoned-2019-12-31) > > This repository has moved to [laminas/laminas-json](https://github.com/laminas/laminas-json). [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f324b669aba1e0b9519a49605e248b8c71a83d8021e0e75d2956544fe522cd3a/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d6a736f6e2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://secure.travis-ci.org/zendframework/zend-json)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a8985f5c2eccbd41452568401f19e7c8bb1409533a10d96918334903227c9dcf/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f7a656e646672616d65776f726b2f7a656e642d6a736f6e2f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/zendframework/zend-json?branch=master) `Zend\Json` provides convenience methods for serializing native PHP to JSON and decoding JSON to native PHP. For more information on JSON, visit the JSON [project site](http://www.json.org/). Installation ------------ [](#installation) Run the following to install this library: ``` $ composer require zendframework/zend-json ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Browse the documentation online at Support ------- [](#support) - [Issues](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-json/issues/) - [Chat](https://zendframework-slack.herokuapp.com/) - [Forum](https://discourse.zendframework.com/) ### Health Score 53 — FairBetter than 97% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity63 Solid adoption and visibility Community47 Growing community involvement Maturity73 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 72.2% 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. 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