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chill/chill
===========

CouchDb client library for PHP 5.3+

v1.0.0(13y ago)263.7k8[1 PRs](https://github.com/Block8/Chill/pulls)BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Feb 26Pushed 11y ago5 watchersCompare

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Chill - PHP Library for CouchDb
===============================

[](#chill---php-library-for-couchdb)

Chill is a simple and efficient CouchDb client library for PHP. Released under the BSD 2 Clause Licence and made available via [Composer/Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chill/chill).

**Current Build Status:**

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/093418d70f6d135657d639fe9cde69a819ee23afb720a6da2860399f1f16d81d/687474703a2f2f70687063692e626c6f636b382e6e65742f6275696c642d7374617475732f696d6167652f343f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://phpci.block8.net/build-status/view/4?branch=master)

Example usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

**Retrieve a single document by ID:**

```
$chill = new Chill\Client('localhost', 'my_database');
$doc = $chill->get('8128173972d50affdb6724ecbd00d9fc');
print $doc['_id'];
```

**Retrieve the results of a view as Chill Document objects:**

```
$chill = new Chill\Client('localhost', 'my_database');
$docs = $chill->asDocuments()->getView('mydesign', 'myview', array('key1', 'key2'));

foreach ($docs as $doc) {
    print $doc->_id . PHP_EOL;
}
```

**Retrieve and update a document**

```
$chill = new Chill\Client('localhost', 'my_database');
$doc = $chill->get('8128173972d50affdb6724ecbd00d9fc');
$doc->title = 'Changing my doc.';
$doc->save();
```

With thanks to
--------------

[](#with-thanks-to)

- [Sylvain Filteau](https://github.com/sylvainfilteau) for contributing various bug fixes.
- [Luke Plaster](https://github.com/notatestuser) for contributing support for arrays as view parameters.
- [Ryan Hughes](https://github.com/ryanhughes) for fixing a bug related to PUT requests.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.2% 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

4820d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cd5d5f4ea43c7ed7b287a317941dbf1ad17e059779474a00c8570ffbcc1f493b?d=identicon)[dancryer](/maintainers/dancryer)

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Top Contributors

[![dancryer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35393?v=4)](https://github.com/dancryer "dancryer (15 commits)")[![sylvainfilteau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/337578?v=4)](https://github.com/sylvainfilteau "sylvainfilteau (4 commits)")[![notatestuser](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1255926?v=4)](https://github.com/notatestuser "notatestuser (2 commits)")[![ryanhughes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/284473?v=4)](https://github.com/ryanhughes "ryanhughes (1 commits)")

---

Tags

clientdatabaselibrarycouchdbcouch

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