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+{
+  "name": "ezyang/htmlpurifier",
+  "description": "Standards compliant HTML filter written in PHP",
+  "type": "library",
+  "keywords":  [ "html"],
+  "homepage": "http://htmlpurifier.org/",
+  "license": "LGPL",
+  "authors": [
+  {
+    "name": "Edward Z. Yang",
+    "email": "admin@htmlpurifier.org",
+    "homepage": "http://ezyang.com"
+  }
+  ],
+  "require": {
+    "php": ">=5.2"
+  }
+}
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