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cafuego/phits
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A class library that allows you to access FITS file headers in PHP.

0.0.4(11y ago)039MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jun 4Pushed 11y agoCompare

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WELCOME
=======

[](#welcome)

phits - a FITS reader for PHP
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[](#phits---a-fits-reader-for-php)

FITS is the standard astronomical data format endorsed by both NASA and the IAU.

This class can read and parse header data from FITS files. I am not currently planning to add the ability to read and process the attached data as well.

The FitsThumbnail class uses the Imagick PECL library to convert FITS image data into a thumbnail of a specified size and format. It will fail horribly if you do not have Imagick installed.

USAGE
=====

[](#usage)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

This project is based on pre-existing open source FITS libraries and I have used both of them to help me write this parser:

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Phits inherits the MIT license from these other projects.

As opposed to the Go parser, Phits also handles CONTINUE headers for longer string comments.

FITS?
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[](#fits)

See  for more information.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~2 days

Total

3

Last Release

4362d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

astronomyfits

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