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3f/surfer
=========

An HTTP client that offers cURL and a native adapter.

0.7.3(3y ago)06.2k↓44.8%1Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Nov 30Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dedalozzo/surfer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/3f/surfer)[ Docs](http://github.com/dedalozzo/surfer)[ RSS](/packages/3f-surfer/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (9)Dependencies (2)Versions (11)Used By (1)

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Surfer
======

[](#surfer)

An HTTP client that uses cURL or standard sockets and handle chunk responses.

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

To install Surfer, you first need to install [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), a Package Manager for PHP, following those few [steps](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix):

```
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

You can run this command to easily access composer from anywhere on your system:

```
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
```

Surfer Installation
-------------------

[](#surfer-installation)

Once you have installed Composer, it's easy install Surfer.

1. Edit your `composer.json` file, adding Surfer to the require section:

```
{
    "require": {
        "3f/surfer": "dev-master"
    },
}
```

2. Run the following command in your project root dir:

```
composer update
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The documentation can be generated using [Doxygen](http://doxygen.org). A `Doxyfile` is provided for your convenience.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6.0 or above.

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

Filippo F. Fadda -  -

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~182 days

Recently: every ~400 days

Total

10

Last Release

1449d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)[Filippo Fadda](/maintainers/dedalozzo)[@dedalozzo](https://github.com/dedalozzo)

---

Top Contributors

[![dedalozzo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)](https://github.com/dedalozzo "dedalozzo (12 commits)")

---

Tags

chunkcurlhttphttp-clientsocketshttpclientrestcurlsocketslibrary

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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