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divineomega/php-stackexchange-search
====================================

PHP StackExchange Search

v1.1.0(1mo ago)1111LGPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=7.1CI passing

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PHP Stack Exchange Search
=========================

[](#php-stack-exchange-search)

Search for similar questions on any Stack Exchange network site through the current Stack Exchange API v2.3.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require jord-jd/php-stackexchange-search
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use JordJD\StackExchangeSearch\Enums\Sites;
use JordJD\StackExchangeSearch\StackExchangeSearcher;

$searcher = new StackExchangeSearcher(Sites::STACK_OVERFLOW, $optionalApiKey);

$results = $searcher->search('connect to a database in PHP', [
    'tagged' => ['php', 'database'],
    'nottagged' => ['wordpress'],
    'sort' => 'votes',
    'order' => 'desc',
    'pagesize' => 25,
    'page' => 1,
]);

foreach ($results as $result) {
    echo $result->getTitle();
    echo $result->getDescription();
    echo $result->getUrl();
    echo $result->getQuestionId();
    echo implode(', ', $result->getTags());
    echo $result->getOwner();
    echo $result->getAnswerCount();
    echo $result->isAnswered() ? 'answered' : 'unanswered';
    echo json_encode($result);
}
```

Any valid Stack Exchange API `site` parameter can be used; the `Sites` class contains convenient constants for common sites. An API key is optional but can increase the request quota for registered applications.

Supported search options mirror the official [`/similar` endpoint](https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/similar): `page`, `pagesize` (up to 100), `fromdate`, `todate`, `order`, `min`, `max`, `sort`, `tagged`, and `nottagged`. Invalid inputs fail before an HTTP request is made.

After each request, inspect `hasMore()`, `getQuotaMax()`, `getQuotaRemaining()`, and `getBackoffSeconds()`. If the API supplies a backoff, wait that many seconds before another request.

Custom HTTP transport
---------------------

[](#custom-http-transport)

The optional third constructor argument is a callable receiving the URL, headers, and timeout. It must return the response body as a string:

```
$searcher = new StackExchangeSearcher(
    Sites::STACK_OVERFLOW,
    $apiKey,
    function (string $url, array $headers, int $timeout): string {
        return $yourHttpClient->get($url, $headers, $timeout);
    },
    10
);
```

The package supports PHP 7.1 through current PHP 8.x releases.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% 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 ~153 days

Total

2

Last Release

32d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v1.1.0PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c580cdf7c14898fff179cdfc1085892091d5d2f49d917873a12365af9ac77c93?d=identicon)[Jord-JD](/maintainers/Jord-JD)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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