phpGPX

A PHP library for reading, creating, and manipulating GPX files.

Features

• Full support of GPX 1.1 specification
• Single-pass stats engine with pluggable analyzers
• Extension registry — built-in Garmin TrackPointExtension, custom extensions via ExtensionInterface
• GeoJSON output (RFC 7946) and GPX XML output

Quick Example

PHP

use phpGPX\phpGPX;
use phpGPX\Analysis\Engine;

$gpx = new phpGPX(engine: Engine::default());
$file = $gpx->load('track.gpx');

foreach ($file->tracks as $track) {
    echo $track->stats->distance . " meters\n";
    echo $track->stats->cumulativeElevationGain . " meters gained\n";
}

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.1
• ext-simplexml
• ext-dom