installation.md

Installation

To install the Ivory JSON builder library, you will need Composer. It's a PHP 5.3+ dependency manager which allows you to declare the dependent libraries your project needs and it will install & autoload them for you.

Set up Composer

Composer comes with a simple phar file. To easily access it from anywhere on your system, you can execute:

$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install dependencies

Require the library in your composer.json file:

$ composer require ivory/json-builder

Composer will automatically download your dependencies & create an autoload file in the vendor directory.

Autoload

So easy, you just have to require the generated autoload file and you are already ready to play:

<?php

require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

use Ivory\JsonBuilder;

// ...

The Ivory JSON Builder library follows the PSR-4 Standard. If you prefer install it manually, it can be autoload by any convenient autoloader.