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andkom/php-bitcoin-blockchain
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A simple PHP library for reading Bitcoin blockchain database.

1.0.0(7y ago)151114[1 issues](https://github.com/andkom/php-bitcoin-blockchain/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.1

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PHP Bitcoin Blockchain Parser
-----------------------------

[](#php-bitcoin-blockchain-parser)

A PHP implementation of Bitcoin blockchain database parser.

### Features:

[](#features)

- Parse unordered block data
- Parse ordered block data
- Parse block index
- Parse chain state (UTXO database)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1
- Bitcoin Core >= 0.15.1
- leveldb >= 1.20
- php-leveldb >= 0.2.1
- php-gmp >= 7.1

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require andkom/php-bitcoin-blockchain

```

### Examples

[](#examples)

```
$databaseReader = new DatabaseReader('/path/to/bitcoin');

// read ordered blocks
foreach ($databaseReader->readBlocks() as $block) {
}

// read unordered blocks
foreach ($databaseReader->readBlocksUnordered() as $block) {
}

// read UTXO
foreach ($databaseReader->getChainstate()->read() as $utxo) {
}

// get block by hash
$block = $databaseReader->getBlockByHash('binary hash in little endian');

// get block by height
$block = $databaseReader->getBlockByHeight(12345);

// get best block hash
$hash = $databaseReader->getChainstate()->getBestBlock();
```

See more examples in the examples dir.

### LevelDB installation

[](#leveldb-installation)

Ubuntu/Debian:

```
apt-get install libleveldb-dev
pecl install leveldb-0.2.1
```

Mac OS:

```
brew install leveldb
pecl install leveldb-0.2.1
```

Or compile from source:

```
git clone https://github.com/google/leveldb.git
cd leveldb
mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && cmake --build .
make install
cd ../../
git clone https://github.com/reeze/php-leveldb.git
cd php-leveldb
phpize
./configure --with-leveldb
make
make install
```

Make sure you've enabled leveldb.so extension in your php.ini.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2708d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ec653e6695015eb0781b3b4fbd07e72b67ea8969b38a922ceb8011a0f60900f6?d=identicon)[andkom](/maintainers/andkom)

---

Top Contributors

[![andkom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150830?v=4)](https://github.com/andkom "andkom (45 commits)")

---

Tags

bitcoinbitcoin-blockchainbitcoin-blocksbitcoin-protocolphpphp-librarydatabasebitcoinblockchain

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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