PHP ShapeFile 2.4.0

What’s new in Version 2.4.0

• Public method setDefaultGeometryFormat()
• GEOMETRY_GEOJSON_GEOMETRY and GEOMETRY_GEOJSON_FEATURE formats
• Changes to getRecord() public method

Public method setDefaultGeometryFormat()

This new method, as its name suggests, sets the default geometry output format. Extremely useful when you rely on the Iterator interface. See setDefaultGeometryFormat.

GEOMETRY_GEOJSON_GEOMETRY and GEOMETRY_GEOJSON_FEATURE formats

I’ve never thought GeoJSON was a big deal, being mosty an attempt to jsonize everything back in 2007. In the meanwhile RFC 7946 was published and I have received some requests to support it. Here you go!
The format does NOT support measured geometries out of the box, but I customized it sligtly in order to accomodate them.

Changes to getRecord() public method

The most important change here is the $geometry_format parameter, which is now a bitmask. You can combine as many output formats as you like using a bitwise Or operator.
Also, the default format is now ShapeFile::GEOMETRY_ARRAY, while the ShapeFile::GEOMETRY_BOTH format has been deprecated.

Download and documentation

Go to the Lab page: PHP ShapeFile