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digilive/windows-registry
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A small library for accessing and manipulating the Windows registry

v0.10.2(5y ago)1801Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^7.2

Since May 15Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Windows Registry Wrapper
========================

[](#windows-registry-wrapper)

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A small library for accessing and manipulating the Registry on Microsoft Windows systems. For that one time you need to access the Windows Registry in a PHP application.

This library can be (and has been) used in production code, but *please consider* reading the [disclaimer](#disclaimer)below before using.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Read and write access to any hive, key, or value in the registry (that you have permissions to)
- Automatic conversion between all registry value data types to PHP scalar types
- Lazy-loaded iterators over lists of values and recursive iterators over keys and subKeys
- Ability to connect to registries on remote computers using a remote WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) connection (see Microsoft's docs on [how to connect to WMI remotely](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389290%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) for details)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Microsoft Windows (Vista or newer) or Windows Server (Windows Server 2003 or newer)
- PHP [com\_dotnet](http://php.net/manual/en/book.com.php) extension

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

[](#installation)

Use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org):

```
> composer require digilive/windows-registry:~0.10
```

Note: This package replaces package coderstephen/windows-registry v0.9.1 which has been abandoned.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Full API documentation is available online [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/regprov/stdregprov).

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Below is an example of creating a new registry key with some values and then deleting them.

```
use Windows\Registry;

$hklm = Registry\Registry::connect()->getLocalMachine();
$keyPath = 'Software\\MyKey\\MySubKey';

// create a new key
try
{
    $mySubKey = $hklm->createSubKey($keyPath);
}
catch (Registry\Exception $e)
{
    print "Key '{$keyPath}' not created" . PHP_EOL;
}

// create a new value
$mySubKey->setValue('Example DWORD Value', 250, Registry\RegistryKey::TYPE_DWORD);

// delete the new value
$mySubKey->deleteValue('Example DWORD Value');

// delete the new key
try
{
    $hklm->deleteSubKey($keyPath);
}
catch (Registry\Exception $e)
{
    print "Key '{$keyPath}' not deleted" . PHP_EOL;
}
```

You can also iterate over subKeys and values using built-in iterators:

```
foreach ($key->getSubKeyIterator() as $name => $subKey)
{
    print $subKey->getQualifiedName() . PHP_EOL;
}

foreach ($key->getValueIterator() as $name => $value)
{
    printf("%s: %s\r\n", $name, $value);
}
```

Disclaimer
----------

[](#disclaimer)

Messing with the Windows Registry can be dangerous; Microsoft has plenty of warnings about how it can **destroy your installation**. Not only should you be careful when accessing the Registry, this library is *not guaranteed* to be 100% safe to use and free of bugs. Use discretion, and **test your code in a virtual machine if possible**. We are not liable for *any* damages caused by this library. See the [license](LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Every ~463 days

Total

5

Last Release

2164d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.9PHP >=5.3

v0.10.0PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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