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benjamindoe/bible-gateway
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Unofficial Bible Gateway PHP API

0.0.1(8y ago)22632[1 issues](https://github.com/benjamindoe/BibleGateway/issues)MITPHPPHP ^5.4 || ^7.0

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Bible Gateway Unofficial API
============================

[](#bible-gateway-unofficial-api)

Unofficial Bible Gateway PHP API

Install
-------

[](#install)

### via composer

[](#via-composer)

`composer require benjamindoe/bible-gateway`

### using just the class file

[](#using-just-the-class-file)

Copy the `src/BibleGateway.class.php` into your project and include it.

Example Usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

```
$bible = new BibleGateway('NIV') // Version optional. Default is ESV

$bible->reference = 'John 3:16' // Starts the search

echo $bible->text // Echos the verse text

```

The above will output

```

    16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

```

The API uses the same classes that the Bible Gateway website uses

```
 // Chapter number
 // Verse number
 // Word of Jesus, can be used for red text

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3039d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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