# laracasts/PHP-Vars-To-Js-Transformer

Transform PHP data to JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/laracasts/PHP-Vars-To-Js-Transformer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-vars-to-js-transformer
Homepage: https://packagist.org/packages/laracasts/utilities
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-24T22:13:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4572, "days_push": 190, "days_rel": 190, "gap_med": 362, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2202, forks 210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:25.669856+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP library (laracasts/utilities) that transforms server-side PHP data into JavaScript variables, primarily via a Laravel service provider and facade. It binds serialized PHP strings, arrays, and collections into a chosen view so they are accessible client-side.

## Use cases
- pass PHP data from controllers to JavaScript in Laravel
- share server-side variables with frontend scripts
- inject Eloquent models into page JavaScript
- avoid manually _encoding data into blade templates
- bind JS vars to a footer partial in Laravel apps

## When to choose
- you have a Laravel or PHP server-rendered app and need to hand data to client-side JS
- you want a simple facade-based API for passing vars to views

## When to avoid
- you build a SPA or API-driven frontend with no server-rendered views
- you need complex client-side state management rather than simple data passing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: serialization, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: php
- tags: laravel, php-to-javascript, view-binding, composer-package, web-server

## Member repositories
- laracasts/PHP-Vars-To-Js-Transformer (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:25.669856+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:47:02.550332+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laracasts/PHP-Vars-To-Js-Transformer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:25.669856+00:00, sha 61d48617b331)
  - homepage: https://packagist.org/packages/laracasts/utilities (fetched 2026-08-29T10:27:04.259788+00:00, sha 63e00126e61c)
  - site_page: https://packagist.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:27:04.270568+00:00, sha 29af46773a45)
  - site_page: https://packagist.org/packages/laracasts/utilities/stats (fetched 2026-08-29T10:27:04.268915+00:00, sha 5c1d3046a776)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.