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delboy1978uk/phpbitcoin
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A PHP service for connecting to bitcoind. Also compatible with Zend Framework 2.

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Since Aug 28Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPBitcoin
==========

[](#phpbitcoin)

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A PHP service for connecting to bitcoind. Also compatible with Zend Framework 2 ##Installation Installation is done through composer:

```
composer require delboy1978uk/phpbitcoin

```

\##Usage

```
use Del\Bitcoin;

$config = [
    'username' => 'YOURUSERNAME', // required
    'password' => 'YOURPASSWORD', // required
    'host' => '127.0.0.1',    // default
    'port' => '8332',         // default
    'protocol' => 'http',     // default
    'ssl_certificate' => '',  // default @todo
];

$btc = new Bitcoin($config);

//example
$info = $btc->getControlApi()->getInfo();

/* sample output
{
    "result":{
        "version":119900,
        "protocolversion":70002,
        "walletversion":60000,
        "balance":0.00000000,
        "blocks":531329,
        "timeoffset":0,
        "connections":8,
        "proxy":"",
        "difficulty":1,
        "testnet":false,
        "keypoololdest":1439840037,
        "keypoolsize":101,
        "paytxfee":0.00000000,
        "relayfee":0.00001000,
        "errors":""
    },
    "error":null,
    "id":"phpbitcoin"
}
*/
```

\###API's The Bitcoin object has access to each of the different API's available

```
$btc->getBlockchainApi();
$btc->getControlApi();
$btc->getGeneratingApi();
$btc->getMiningApi();
$btc->getNetworkApi();
$btc->getRawTransactionApi();
$btc->getUtilityApi();
$btc->getWalletApi();
```

Each API has docblock comments from the documentation, so you should get nice code completion. However the actual Bitcoin API docs can be found at

\##Usage in ZF2 Still todo ##Installing bitcoind for development puPHPet files for Vagrant included. Just vagrant up, vagrant ssh, then install Bitcoin. Unfortunately the ability to add custom repositories is not in puPHPet (yet. see [puphpet/puphpet#142](https://github.com/puphpet/puphpet/issues/142))

```
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev bitcoind
cd ~
mkdir .bitcoin
cd .bitcoin
nano bitcoin.conf

```

Put the following info in the conf file:

```
server=1
daemon=1
testnet=1
rpcuser=phpbitcoin
rpcpassword=COMPLETELYrandomPASSWORD

```

You should use the testnet option if developing, tests connect on port 18332! Finally run bitcoind by simply typing it

```
bitcoind

```

Shut down bitcoind using the bitcoin-cli command

```
bitcoin-cli stop

```

\##Donate If you like PHPBitcoin, spare half a shekel for an old ex leper. 1De1boyXJzdk4TYmHkR3st6dJmHuEaneHB

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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