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andreaslancom/image\_downloader
===============================

Package for downloading images from remote host

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Image downloader package
========================

[](#image-downloader-package)

This package allows to upload image to server by image url.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
composer require andreaslancom/image_downloader:dev-master

```

or add

```
 "andreaslancom/image_downloader": "dev-master"
```

to the `require` section of your composer.json.

Usage & Documentation
-------------------------

[](#usage--documentation)

This package allows to upload image to server by image url.

The following example shows how to use this package:

```
use image\download\ImageDownloader;

// download an image

 $imageDownloader = new ImageDownloader();
 $imageDownloader->download(
            'http://some_image_addr.ext',
            'project_root_path'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'writable_directory'
 );
```

Note if upload directory $dir not exists that the system tries to create this

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f78fb5f3fe1d2d44eb0fb538719f40406b2ca9231962cba05f0117d354b8b06?d=identicon)[andreaslancom](/maintainers/andreaslancom)

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Top Contributors

[![andreaslancom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14182460?v=4)](https://github.com/andreaslancom "andreaslancom (5 commits)")

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