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aneeskhan47/php-howlongtobeat-api
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A PHP API wrapper for HowLongToBeat.com

v1.0.3(11mo ago)51031MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0CI passing

Since Jan 25Pushed 11mo ago1 watchersCompare

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A simple PHP API to read data from [HowLongToBeat.com](https://howlongtobeat.com).

It is inspired by [ScrappyCocco - HowLongToBeat-PythonAPI](https://github.com/ScrappyCocco/HowLongToBeat-PythonAPI) Python API.

---

⚡️ Installation
---------------

[](#️-installation)

> **Requires PHP 7.4 or higher**

```
composer require aneeskhan47/php-howlongtobeat-api
```

---

🚀 Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

#### Search for games by title

[](#search-for-games-by-title)

by default, it will return 25 results per page and the first page.

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use AneesKhan47\HowLongToBeat\HowLongToBeat;

$hltb = new HowLongToBeat();

try {
    $results = $hltb->searchByTitle("The Last of Us");

    foreach ($results->games as $game) {
        echo "Game: " . $game->name . "\n";
        echo "Image: " . $game->image_url . "\n";
        echo "Main Story: " . $game->main_story_time . "\n";
        echo "Main + Extra: " . $game->main_extra_time . "\n";
        echo "Completionist: " . $game->completionist_time . "\n";
        echo "------------------------\n";
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
```

You can also specify the number of results per page. for example, to get second page with 10 results per page, you can do this:

```
$results = $hltb->searchByTitle("The Last of Us", 2, 10);
```

Note: The maximum number of results per allowed is 25. This is by HowLongToBeat.com limitation.

#### Search for a single game by its ID

[](#search-for-a-single-game-by-its-id)

```
$game = $hltb->searchById(26286);

echo "Game: " . $game->name . "\n";
echo "Image: " . $game->image_url . "\n";
echo "Main Story: " . $game->main_story_time . "\n";
echo "Main + Extra: " . $game->main_extra_time . "\n";
echo "Completionist: " . $game->completionist_time . "\n";
echo "------------------------\n";
```

---

🔒 Security
----------

[](#-security)

If you discover any security-related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

---

🙌 Credits
---------

[](#-credits)

- [Anees Khan](https://github.com/aneeskhan47)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

---

📜 License
---------

[](#-license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance51

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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 ~42 days

Total

4

Last Release

343d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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