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Robot 🦾
=======

[](#robot-)

A very simple and indispensable helper that helps you automate the answers to simple questions in your application like a chatbot, chat on website, etc.

Supports all languages from [wamania/php-stemmer](https://github.com/wamania/php-stemmer#languages).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require chipslays/robot
```

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

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

$robot = new Skynet\Robot('english');

$robot->train([
    [
        'question' => 'buy coffee get some where can',
        'answer' => 'You can buy coffee in our shop: st. Lenina 420',
    ],
    [
        'question' => 'how much coffee costs price',
        'answer' => 'Coffee costs $5',
    ],
]);

$robot->ask('Where I can buy coffee?'); // You can buy coffee in our shop: st. Lenina 420
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Examples can be found in [examples](/examples) folder.

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

#### `train(array $data): self`

[](#trainarray-data-self)

Train robot brain.

```
$robot->train([
    [
        // a set of keywords, sentences, (duplicate words will be removed)
        'question' => '...',

        // answer for this question
        'answer' => '...',
    ],
]);
```

#### `ask(string $text, callable $callback = 1): string|array|null`

[](#askstring-text-callable-callback--1-stringarraynull)

Get answer for message.

```
$answer = $robot->ask('Where I can buy coffee?'); // returns answer string
```

With callback.

```
// returns value from callback
$answer = $robot->ask('Where I can buy coffee?', function (array|null $item, array $result) {
    // $item - it raw value from traind data with question,
    // answer and the values you passed, or null if answer not found.

    // $result - contain sorted matches, if not found returns empty array

    if (!$item) return null;

    return $item['answer'];
});

dump($answer); // You can buy coffee in our shop: st. Lenina 420
```

#### `matches(int $count = 1): self`

[](#matchesint-count--1-self)

How many matches we need to cut off unnecessary results.

```
$robot->matches(1)->ask(...);
```

#### `debug(bool $enable = false): self`

[](#debugbool-enable--false-self)

Get more details by `ask()` method (matches count, words, etc).

> **NOTE**Not working if callback passed.

```
$answer = $robot->debug(true)->ask('Where I can buy coffee?'); // returns array of all matches detail

// ^ array:2 [
//   0 => array:3 [
//     "matches" => 4
//     "words" => array:4 [
//       0 => "buy"
//       1 => "coffe"
//       2 => "where"
//       3 => "can"
//     ]
//     "answer" => "You can buy coffee in our shop: st. Lenina 420"
//   ]
//   1 => array:3 [
//     "matches" => 1
//     "words" => array:1 [
//       0 => "coffe"
//     ]
//     "answer" => "Coffee costs $5"
//   ]
// ]
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~1 days

Total

12

Last Release

1298d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19103498?v=4)[chipslays](/maintainers/chipslays)[@chipslays](https://github.com/chipslays)

---

Top Contributors

[![chipslays](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19103498?v=4)](https://github.com/chipslays "chipslays (24 commits)")

---

Tags

chatbotrobotassistant

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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