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carlosafonso/php-dns-client
===========================

A DNS client written purely in PHP

v0.2.0(6y ago)08MITPHPPHP ~7.2

Since Apr 19Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-dns-client
==============

[](#php-dns-client)

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A DNS client library purely implemented in PHP, compatible with PHP 7.2+.

**This is a work in progress.** These are the Resource Record types currently understood by the library:

- A
- AAAA
- CNAME
- NS
- SRV
- MX
- SOA
- PTR

Processing responses with other types of Resource Records currently will result in an exception.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer:

```
$ composer require carlosafonso/php-dns-client
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The `Client` class it the main entry point to consume the library. `Client` instances allow to send `Request` objects to a name server for resolution using the `query()` method:

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

$client = new Afonso\Dns\Client();

// Let's make an A request for example.com
$request = new Afonso\Dns\Request('google.com', Afonso\Dns\ResourceRecord::TYPE_A);

// Let's send it to name server 8.8.8.8
$response = $client->query($request, '8.8.8.8');

$response->getResourceRecords()[0]; // Instance of AResourceRecord
$response->getResourceRecords()[0]->__toString(); // "216.58.211.238"
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

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

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2265d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/298322ba620ba6518bce36e896723f1f771c4ee6257ab49548c45dcb06e2b9ce?d=identicon)[carlosafonso](/maintainers/carlosafonso)

---

Top Contributors

[![carlosafonso](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1700229?v=4)](https://github.com/carlosafonso "carlosafonso (29 commits)")

---

Tags

dnscarlosafonso

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