What the Avro PHP library is

A library for using Avro with PHP.

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.1
• On 32-bit platforms, the GMP PHP extension
• For testing, PHPUnit
• For Deflate codec, Zlib
• For Snappy codec, Snappy

Both GMP and PHPUnit are often available via package management systems as php5-gmp and phpunit, respectively.

Getting started

Untar the avro-php distribution, untar it, and put it in your include path:

tar xjf avro-php.tar.bz2 # avro-php.tar.bz2 is likely avro-php-1.4.0.tar.bz2
cp avro-php /path/to/where/you/want/it

Require the avro.php file in your source, and you should be good to go:

<?php
require_once('avro-php/avro.php');

If you're pulling from source, put lib/ in your include path and require lib/avro.php:

<?php
require_once('lib/avro.php');

Take a look in examples/ for usage.