{"id":28355,"date":"2018-01-31T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T09:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28355"},"modified":"2018-01-31T11:58:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T09:58:33","slug":"automapper-declarative-data-mapper-for-php-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/31\/automapper-declarative-data-mapper-for-php-7\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoMapper &#8211; Declarative data mapper for PHP 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/acelot\/automapper\">AutoMapper<\/a> can map data from array\/object to existing array\/object or marshal a new one.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mapping rules specified in declarative way using three simple definitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From<\/strong>\u00a0definition (<code>From::create<\/code>\u00a0or via short function\u00a0<code>from<\/code>) \u2014 maps single field from source to target. 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