https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php
Hjson for PHP
https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php
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Hjson for PHP
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php
- Owner: hjson
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-02-18T20:42:01.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-23T19:32:35.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-03T11:42:13.983Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: hjson, php
- Language: PHP
- Homepage: https://hjson.github.io/
- Size: 76.2 KB
- Stars: 85
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 20
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# hjson-php
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[](https://packagist.org/packages/laktak/hjson)
[Hjson](https://hjson.github.io), the Human JSON. A configuration file format for humans. Relaxed syntax, fewer mistakes, more comments.
```
{
# specify rate in requests/second (because comments are helpful!)
rate: 1000
// prefer c-style comments?
/* feeling old fashioned? */
# did you notice that rate doesn't need quotes?
hey: look ma, no quotes for strings either!
# best of all
notice: []
anything: ?
# yes, commas are optional!
}
```
The PHP implementation of Hjson is based on [hjson-js](https://github.com/hjson/hjson-js). For other platforms see [hjson.github.io](https://hjson.github.io).
# Install from composer
```
composer require laktak/hjson
```
# Usage
```
use HJSON\HJSONParser;
use HJSON\HJSONStringifier;
$parser = new HJSONParser();
$obj = $parser->parse(hjsonText);
$stringifier = new HJSONStringifier();
$text = $stringifier->stringify($obj);
```
# API
### HJSONParser: parse($text, $options)
This method parses *JSON* or *Hjson* text to produce an object or array.
- *text*: the string to parse as JSON or Hjson
- *options*: array
- *keepWsc*: boolean, keep white space and comments. This is useful if you want to edit an hjson file and save it while preserving comments (default false)
- *assoc*: boolean, return associative array instead of object (default false)
### HJSONStringifier: stringify($value, $options)
This method produces Hjson text from a value.
- *value*: any value, usually an object or array.
- *options*: array
- *keepWsc*: boolean, keep white space. See parse.
- *bracesSameLine*: boolean, makes braces appear on the same line as the key name. Default false.
- *quotes*: string, controls how strings are displayed.
- "min": no quotes whenever possible (default)
- "always": always use quotes
- *space*: specifies the indentation of nested structures. If it is a number, it will specify the number of spaces to indent at each level. If it is a string (such as '\t' or ' '), it contains the characters used to indent at each level.
- *eol*: specifies the EOL sequence
## modify & keep comments
You can modify a Hjson file and keep the whitespace & comments intact. This is useful if an app updates its config file.
```
$parser = new HJSONParser();
$stringifier = new HJSONStringifier();
$text = "{
# specify rate in requests/second (because comments are helpful!)
rate: 1000
// prefer c-style comments?
/* feeling old fashioned? */
# did you notice that rate doesn't need quotes?
hey: look ma, no quotes for strings either!
# best of all
notice: []
anything: ?
# yes, commas are optional!
array: [
// hello
0
1
2
]
}";
// Parse, keep whitespace and comments
$data = $parser->parseWsc($text);
// Modify like you normally would
$data->rate = 500;
// You can also edit comments by accessing __WSC__
$wsc1 = &$data->__WSC__; // for objects
$wsc2 = &$data->array['__WSC__']; // for arrays
// __WSC__ for objects contains { c: {}, o: [] }
// - c with the actual comment and, firts comment is key ' '
// - o (array) with the order of the members
$emptyKey = " ";
$wsc1->c->$emptyKey = "\n # This is the first comment";
$wsc1->c->rate = "\n # This is the comment after rate";
// Sort comments order just because we can
sort($wsc1->o);
// Edit array comments
$wsc2[0] .= ' world';
// convert back to Hjson
$text2 = $stringifier->stringifyWsc($data);
```
# History
[see releases](https://github.com/hjson/hjson-php/releases)