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[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7014b3a7927c07836b16bcb9cdcc08b9f048e5ebc1f2df2ba04c2746df484aa0/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f636f6375722f646f6d61696e2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/cocur/domain)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f073556a8f9916e05737bbf97f4a9e929d7554b29a3c02877329a071dde64cc3/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f636f6375722f646f6d61696e2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/cocur/domain)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fd3996974fb2c24679224c5c691360784096a0ac8a4d581ddf9f7bebddf0ddfe/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f636f6375722f646f6d61696e2e737667)](https://coveralls.io/r/cocur/domain) Features -------- [](#features) - Check availability of domains - Retrieve WHOIS information of domains - Support for over 350 TLDs, including new generic TLDs like `.coffee` or `.sexy` - Command line tool and library - Compatible with PHP >= 5.4 and [HHVM](http://hhvm.com) Installation ------------ [](#installation) Dependending on how you want to use Domain there exist different installation methods. ### Composer [](#composer) If you want to use the library as a dependency in your project you should use Composer to do so: ``` $ composer require cocur/domain:@dev ``` *Currently there exists no stable release of domain.* ### Download PHAR [](#download-phar) If you only want to use the command line tool to retrieve WHOIS information you can download the PHAR. ``` $ wget https://github.com/cocur/domain/releases/download/v0.1/whois.phar $ chmod +x whois.phar $ mv whois.phar /usr/local/bin/cwhois ``` You can now retrieve WHOIS information using Cocur Domain by executing ``` $ cwhois ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Command line WHOIS [](#command-line-whois) You can use the included command line tool to retrieve WHOIS information about a domain: ``` $ php whois.phar cocur.co ``` ### Library [](#library) The library contains two main classes: `Whois\Client` and `Availability\Client` They require information about WHOIS servers and patterns to match available domains stored in `data/tld.json`. #### Whois [](#whois) ``` use Cocur\Domain\Connection\ConnectionFactory; use Cocur\Domain\Data\DataLoader; use Cocur\Domain\Whois\Client; $factory = new ConnectionFactory(); $dataLoader = new DataLoader(); $data = $dataLoader->load(__DIR__.'/data/tld.json'); $client = new Client($factory, $data); echo $client->query($domainName); ``` #### Availability [](#availability) To check the availability of a domain name the `Availability\Client` requires an instance of `Whois\Client`. ``` use Cocur\Domain\Connection\ConnectionFactory; use Cocur\Domain\Data\DataLoader; use Cocur\Domain\Whois\Client as WhoisClient; use Cocur\Domain\Availability\Client as AvailabilityClient; $factory = new ConnectionFactory(); $dataLoader = new DataLoader(); $data = $dataLoader->load(__DIR__.'/data/tld.json'); $whoisClient = new WhoisClient($factory, $data); $client = new AvailabilityClient($whoisClient, $data); echo $client->isAvailable($domainName); ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) ### Verison 0.2 (15 June 2016) [](#verison-02-15-june-2016) - [\#1](https://github.com/cocur/domain/pull/1) Add `.frl` TLD (by [rskuipers](https://github.com/rskuipers)) - [\#3](https://github.com/cocur/domain/pull/3) Add `.amsterdam` TLD (by [rskuipers](https://github.com/rskuipers)) - [\#4](https://github.com/cocur/domain/pull/4) Fix pattern for `.ee` (by [huglester](https://github.com/huglester)) ### Version 0.1 (19 May 2014) [](#version-01-19-may-2014) - Initial release Author ------ [](#author) ### [Florian Eckerstorfer](http://florian.ec) [![Support Florian](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5d8be0f60738f32a93128d94dec1fa7ee75e6dce71b110ec7fbbf6d217c0a150/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769747469702f666c6f7269616e65636b657273746f726665722e737667)](https://www.gittip.com/FlorianEckerstorfer/) [](#florian-eckerstorfer-) - [Twitter](http://twitter.com/Florian_) - [App.net](http://app.net/florian) License ------- [](#license) The MIT license applies to `cocur/domain`. For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file distributed with this source code. ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity31 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity50 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~379 days Total 3 Last Release 3624d ago PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP >=5.4 0.2.x-devPHP >=5.5 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a80f9fc61cd3a7d7779e8f120b458ca4d18fdd885d719bb77d3379b96bf714d9?d=identicon)[florianeckerstorfer](/maintainers/florianeckerstorfer) --- Top Contributors [![florianeckerstorfer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/149201?v=4)](https://github.com/florianeckerstorfer "florianeckerstorfer (2 commits)")[![rskuipers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1918518?v=4)](https://github.com/rskuipers "rskuipers (2 commits)")[![andreybolonin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2576509?v=4)](https://github.com/andreybolonin "andreybolonin (1 commits)")[![huglester](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150731?v=4)](https://github.com/huglester "huglester (1 commits)") --- Tags domainwhois ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/cocur-domain/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/cocur-domain/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/cocur-domain) ``` ### Alternatives [phpwhois/phpwhois phpWhois - library for querying whois services and parsing results. 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