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PHPOffice Common is a library written in pure PHP that provides a set of components for PHPOffice librairies. 

PHPOffice Common is an open source project licensed under the terms of [LGPL version 3](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/blob/develop/COPYING.LESSER). PHPOffice Common is aimed to be a high quality software product by incorporating [continuous integration](https://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/Common) and [unit testing](http://phpoffice.github.io/Common/coverage/develop/). You can learn more about PHPPowerPoint by reading the [API Documentation](http://phpoffice.github.io/Common/docs/develop/).

Read more about PHPPowerPoint:

- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [API Documentation](http://phpoffice.github.io/Common/docs/master/)

### Requirements

PHPOffice Common requires the following:

- PHP 5.3+

## Contributing

We welcome everyone to contribute to PHPOffice Common. Below are some of the things that you can do to contribute:

- Read [our contributing guide](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Fork us](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/fork) and [request a pull](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/pulls) to the [develop](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/tree/develop) branch
- Submit [bug reports or feature requests](https://github.com/PHPOffice/Common/issues) to GitHub
- Follow [@PHPOffice](https://twitter.com/PHPOffice) on Twitter