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Good PHP serialization

The concept is similar to Moshi, a Java/Kotlin serialization library - the least effort without sacrificing customizability, support for different formats or ease of use.

This is what it can serialize and deserialize out-of-the-box:

You can then convert it into a "primitive" (scalars and arrays of scalars) or JSON:

Documentation

Basic documentation is available in docs/. For examples, you can look at the test suite: tests/Integration.

Why this over everything else?

There are some alternatives to this, but they usually lack one of the following:

• stupid simple internal structure: no node tree, no value/JSON wrappers, no in-repo custom reflection implementation, no PHP parsing
• doesn't rely on inheritance of serializable classes, hence allows serializing third-party classes
• parses existing PHPDoc information instead of duplicating it through attributes
• supports generic types which are quite useful for wrapper types
• allows simple extension through mappers and complex stuff through type adapters
• produces developer-friendly error messages for invalid data
• correctly handles optional (missing keys) and null values as separate concerns
• simple to extend with additional formats