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eloquent/liftoff
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Open any file or URI using the default GUI application from within PHP.

0.1.1(12y ago)124101MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Aug 15Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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> # No longer maintained
>
> [](#no-longer-maintained)
>
> This package is no longer maintained. See [this statement](https://gist.github.com/ezzatron/713a548735febe3d76f8ca831bc895c0) for more info.

Liftoff
=======

[](#liftoff)

*Open any file or URI using the default GUI application from within PHP.*

[![The most recent stable version is 0.1.1](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/014b26de03199b4f4aa0d238abb34d7ce261fbabd9353a7c18ad5e2e85cb44e5/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f3a73656d7665722d302e312e312d79656c6c6f772e737667 "This project uses semantic versioning")](http://semver.org/)[![Current build status image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f801c2b997c48de6b0b0a52a022f6a5435051e100172c87ee1503c4f71498f28/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f656c6f7175656e742f6c6966746f66662f646576656c6f702e737667 "Current build status for the develop branch")](https://travis-ci.org/eloquent/liftoff)[![Current coverage status image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d31f3cb46881cbf07a65ce883e0af1c91f95204cb46a1531717644286e1cda9c/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f656c6f7175656e742f6c6966746f66662f646576656c6f702e737667 "Current test coverage for the develop branch")](https://coveralls.io/r/eloquent/liftoff)

Installation and documentation
------------------------------

[](#installation-and-documentation)

- Available as [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) package [eloquent/liftoff](https://packagist.org/packages/eloquent/liftoff).
- [Executable phar](http://lqnt.co/liftoff/liftoff) available for download.
- [API documentation](http://lqnt.co/liftoff/artifacts/documentation/api/) available.

What is Liftoff?
----------------

[](#what-is-liftoff)

*Liftoff* provides a simple interface to launch a file or URI in the host operating system's default application, in a cross-platform manner. *Liftoff*can be used, for example, to launch a HTML page in the operating system's default browser from within a command line PHP application.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

*Liftoff* can be used as a library, to launch files and URIs from within a PHP application:

```
use Eloquent\Liftoff\Launcher;

$launcher = new Launcher;

$launcher->launch('/path/to/file.html');
$launcher->launch('/path/to/file.html', array('--with', '--arguments'));

$launcher->launch('http://example.org/');
$launcher->launch('http://example.org/', array('--with', '--arguments'));
```

Arguments provided as the second parameter will be forwarded on to the associated application.

Command line interface
----------------------

[](#command-line-interface)

*Liftoff* comes with a command line interface which can be used to launch files and URIs from the command line:

```
liftoff /path/to/file.html
liftoff /path/to/file.html --with --arguments

liftoff http://example.org/
liftoff http://example.org/ --with --arguments

```

Arguments after the path (or URI) will be forwarded on to the associated application.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~182 days

Total

2

Last Release

4520d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100152?v=4)[Erin](/maintainers/ezzatron)[@ezzatron](https://github.com/ezzatron)

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Top Contributors

[![ezzatron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100152?v=4)](https://github.com/ezzatron "ezzatron (20 commits)")

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Tags

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