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99designs/ergo-http
===================

Micro-HTTP client for PHP 5.3

1.1.2(5y ago)24.5k12MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing

Since Nov 17Pushed 5y ago66 watchersCompare

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Ergo
====

[](#ergo)

A light-weight HTTP library for PHP5.3. Provides a client and some URL utils.

Extracted from [99designs/ergo](https://github.com/99designs/ergo).

Install
-------

[](#install)

`composer require 99designs/ergo-http`.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$client = new \Ergo\Http\Client(new \Ergo\Http\Url($host));
$response = $client->get($path);

echo $response->getBody();
```

How to develop
--------------

[](#how-to-develop)

To install dependancies via [Composer](https://github.com/composer/composer):

`$ composer install --dev`

Run the test suite:

```
$ phpunit
PHPUnit 3.7.38 by Sebastian Bergmann.

Configuration read from /home/vagrant/ergo-http/phpunit.xml.dist

...................................................

Time: 149 ms, Memory: 5.00Mb

OK (51 tests, 163 assertions)

```

Status
------

[](#status)

Used in several high-volume production websites, including 99designs.com, flippa.com, learnable.com and sitepoint.com.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.1% 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 ~364 days

Recently: every ~546 days

Total

7

Last Release

2007d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![lox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15758?v=4)](https://github.com/lox "lox (92 commits)")[![pda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15759?v=4)](https://github.com/pda "pda (22 commits)")[![richo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/476418?v=4)](https://github.com/richo "richo (18 commits)")[![mtibben](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/980499?v=4)](https://github.com/mtibben "mtibben (13 commits)")[![sinamt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29794?v=4)](https://github.com/sinamt "sinamt (8 commits)")[![lwc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/336402?v=4)](https://github.com/lwc "lwc (5 commits)")[![harto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/103448?v=4)](https://github.com/harto "harto (4 commits)")[![larsyencken](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36012?v=4)](https://github.com/larsyencken "larsyencken (2 commits)")[![xzyfer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/579928?v=4)](https://github.com/xzyfer "xzyfer (1 commits)")[![dhotson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21532?v=4)](https://github.com/dhotson "dhotson (1 commits)")[![arthens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1178572?v=4)](https://github.com/arthens "arthens (1 commits)")

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http99designs

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