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cjrasmussen/web-request
=======================

Simple functions for making web requests

1.1.0(11mo ago)046MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Jun 11Pushed 11mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/cjrasmussen/WebRequest)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cjrasmussen/web-request)[ Docs](https://cjr.dev)[ RSS](/packages/cjrasmussen-web-request/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today

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Image
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[](#image)

Simple functions for making some specialized web requests.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use cjrasmussen\WebRequest\WebRequest;

// GET THE CONTENTS OF A FILE
$file_contents = WebRequest::getFileContents('https://cjr.dev/feed/');

// GET RESPONSE HEADER FOR A REQUEST
$file_contents = WebRequest::getResponseHeader('https://cjr.dev/');
```

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

[](#installation)

Simply add a dependency on cjrasmussen/web-request to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```
composer require cjrasmussen/web-request
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually include the file(s) any way you want.

License
-------

[](#license)

WebRequest is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~48 days

Total

2

Last Release

337d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0225f44837a665c8a143afa50a34a406a769c523dba31e4cdf73fd0530dede45?d=identicon)[cjrasmussen](/maintainers/cjrasmussen)

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Top Contributors

[![cjrasmussen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15007730?v=4)](https://github.com/cjrasmussen "cjrasmussen (2 commits)")

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