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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. dimarick/net\_socket ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) dimarick/net\_socket ==================== More info available on: http://pear.php.net/package/Net\_Socket v2.0.0beta2(8y ago)013.7k1BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.6.0 Since Feb 20Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dimarick/Net_Socket)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dimarick/net_socket)[ RSS](/packages/dimarick-net-socket/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (8)Used By (1) Net\_Socket - Network Socket Interface ====================================== [](#net_socket---network-socket-interface) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0a29e58fecc40e87fb6f5ba5ac01793565135c6855e12b43e271372b30087174/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706561722f4e65745f536f636b65742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/pear/Net_Socket) Net\_Socket is a class interface to TCP sockets. It provides blocking and non-blocking operation, with different reading and writing modes (byte-wise, block-wise, line-wise and special formats like network byte-order ip addresses). [Homepage](http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Socket/) Installation ------------ [](#installation) For a PEAR installation that downloads from the PEAR channel: `$ pear install pear/net_socket` For a PEAR installation from a previously downloaded tarball: `$ pear install Net_Socket-*.tgz` For a PEAR installation from a code clone: `$ pear install package.xml` For a local composer installation: `$ composer install` To add as a dependency to your composer-managed application: `$composer require pear/net_socket` Tests ----- [](#tests) Run the tests from a local composer installation: `$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit` License ------- [](#license) BSD-2 license ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 59% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity20 Limited adoption so far Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity49 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 ~263 days Recently: every ~51 days Total 6 Last Release 3150d ago Major Versions v1.2.1 → v2.0.0beta12017-09-28 PHP version history (2 changes)v1.1.0PHP >=5.4.0 v2.0.0beta1PHP >=5.6.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e32ac47d3425e1d7bd00bfc05c95ad7083ffb9ed12dd7813431cbf7f7a385e0b?d=identicon)[dimarick](/maintainers/dimarick) --- Top Contributors [![ashnazg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100170?v=4)](https://github.com/ashnazg "ashnazg (22 commits)")[![alecpl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546788?v=4)](https://github.com/alecpl "alecpl (14 commits)")[![CloCkWeRX](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/365751?v=4)](https://github.com/CloCkWeRX "CloCkWeRX (13 commits)")[![cweiske](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/59036?v=4)](https://github.com/cweiske "cweiske (3 commits)")[![till](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27003?v=4)](https://github.com/till "till (3 commits)")[![stigsb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/169939?v=4)](https://github.com/stigsb "stigsb (3 commits)")[![leithoff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1982846?v=4)](https://github.com/leithoff "leithoff (2 commits)")[![mj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5277?v=4)](https://github.com/mj "mj (2 commits)")[![tvvcox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/743820?v=4)](https://github.com/tvvcox "tvvcox (1 commits)")[![roelvanmeer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11042467?v=4)](https://github.com/roelvanmeer "roelvanmeer (1 commits)")[![rspadim](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2468782?v=4)](https://github.com/rspadim "rspadim (1 commits)")[![endelwar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28512?v=4)](https://github.com/endelwar "endelwar (1 commits)")[![dimarick](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2605934?v=4)](https://github.com/dimarick "dimarick (1 commits)")[![jpswade](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1087963?v=4)](https://github.com/jpswade "jpswade (1 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dimarick-net-socket/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dimarick-net-socket/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dimarick-net-socket) ``` ### Alternatives [friendsofsymfony/rest-bundle This Bundle provides various tools to rapidly develop RESTful API's with Symfony 2.8k73.3M319](/packages/friendsofsymfony-rest-bundle)[php-http/discovery Finds and installs PSR-7, PSR-17, PSR-18 and HTTPlug implementations 1.3k309.5M1.2k](/packages/php-http-discovery)[nyholm/psr7 A fast PHP7 implementation of PSR-7 1.3k235.4M2.4k](/packages/nyholm-psr7)[pusher/pusher-php-server Library for interacting with the Pusher REST API 1.5k94.8M293](/packages/pusher-pusher-php-server)[spatie/crawler Crawl all internal links found on a website 2.8k16.3M52](/packages/spatie-crawler)[react/http Event-driven, streaming HTTP client and server implementation for ReactPHP 78126.4M414](/packages/react-http) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)