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argovaerts/bonsai-php
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Bonsai API client library for PHP. Bonsai is a Belgian payment app that for every ten payments plants a tree.

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Bonsai API client for PHP
=========================

[](#bonsai-api-client-for-php)

[Bonsai](https://www.paybonsai.com/bonsai-for-merchants/) is a Belgian payment app that for every ten payments plants a tree.

This is a community effort to make a PHP SDK to make the usage of the API more straight forward.

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

[](#requirements)

- Bonsai account with merchant functionality active
- > = PHP 8.0 (other version might work as well, untested)
- PHP cURL extension
- Up-to-date OpenSSL (or other SSL/TLS toolkit)

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

[](#installation)

By far the easiest way to install the Bonsai API client is to require it with Composer.

```
$ composer require argovaerts/bonsai-php

{
    "require": {
        "argovaerts/bonsai-php": "*"
    }
}

```

Creating a payment
------------------

[](#creating-a-payment)

```
use Bonsai\Api\BonsaiApiClient;

$client = new BonsaiApiClient('API_KEY', 'PROFILE_ID', );

$output = $this->client->create_transaction->perform([
    'amount'            => '0.01',
    'clientReference'   => 'reference or order id',
]);

```

Want to improve the API client?
-------------------------------

[](#want-to-improve-the-api-client)

This project is open for pull requests.

License
-------

[](#license)

[BlueOak-1.0.0](LICENSE) © [Arne Govaerts](https://whoami.q4.re).

###  Health Score

15

—

LowBetter than 3% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity29

Early-stage or recently created project

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

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