MATRAUX JSON ORM

Introduction

A PHP 8.5+ library for converting JSON data to typed entities and back, with support for lazy-loading collections, mutable data structures, and structured entity design. Useful for structured JSON APIs, configuration parsing, and object-based manipulation of hierarchical JSON data.

Features

• Object-oriented JSON mapping
• Conversion from JSON to typed entities and back
• Lazy-loading collections for efficient memory usage
• Entity objects are mutable and can be freely modified after creation
• Strict type support with automatic casting and codec transformations
• Native support for nested structures and arrays
• Easy integration with configuration or API responses

Installation

composer require matraux/json-orm

PHP compatibility

This package provides separate major versions for different PHP baselines.

Version	PHP
1.x	7.4+
2.x	8.3+
3.x	8.4+
4.x	8.5+

Examples

See Definitions for how to define your own entities and collections.

See Read for full reading examples.

use Matraux\JsonOrm\Json\SimpleExplorer;

// Load data from JSON string or file
$explorer = SimpleExplorer::fromString('[{"CUSTOM_ID":1,"name":"First"}]');

// Create typed collection from JSON
$collection = CommonCollection::fromExplorer($explorer);

$entity = $collection[0];
echo $entity->name; // "First"

See Write for writing examples.

// Create collection and insert entity
$collection = CommonCollection::create();

$entity = $collection->createEntity();
$entity->name = 'Example';

echo json_encode($collection);
// '[{"name":"Example"}]'

Development

See Development for debug, test instructions, static analysis, and coding standards.

Support

For bug reports and feature requests, please use the issue tracker.