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fabricekabongo/simplehttpclient
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A very simple Http Client that works on PHP 5.3

v0.3.0(9y ago)0231MITPHP

Since Mar 2Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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simplehttpclient
================

[](#simplehttpclient)

A very simple Http Client that works on PHP 5.3

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

[](#installation)

To install simply run this :

```
    composer require fabricekabongo/simplehttpclient
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This client offers 3 interfaces:

### Get request

[](#get-request)

without query parameters:

```
$client = new FabriceKabongo\Http\HttpClient();
$responseData = $client->get('http://www.google.com');
```

or with query parameters:

```
$client = new FabriceKabongo\Http\HttpClient();
$responseData = $client->get('http://www.google.com', array('q' => 'tallest falls in africa');//http://www.google.com?q=tallest%20falls%20in%20africa
```

### post Request

[](#post-request)

with post parameters:

```
$client = new FabriceKabongo\Http\HttpClient();
$responseData = $client->post('http://www.myawesomeapi.com', array('foo' => 'bar');
```

### base64 upload

[](#base64-upload)

sends a file using base64 content (think android developers lol):

```
touch myfile.txt && echo "random content" > myfile.txt
```

then:

```
$client = new FabriceKabongo\Http\HttpClient();
try {
    $responseData = $client->base64Upload('http://www.myawesomeapi.com', __DIR__."/myfile.txt");
} catch (\Exception $ex) {
    //log oups
}
```

other informations
------------------

[](#other-informations)

This code need php-curl to be installed (obviously you choose php5.3-curl, php5.6-curl php7.0-curl depending of your version)

License
=======

[](#license)

MIT. you are free dude.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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 ~2 days

Total

4

Last Release

3349d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2dbd7abf5ffbc8f7d43972d1f30ddeb1877ba8a205069d2b1f74f6ed4298141c?d=identicon)[fabricekabongo](/maintainers/fabricekabongo)

---

Top Contributors

[![fabricekabongo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4486484?v=4)](https://github.com/fabricekabongo "fabricekabongo (6 commits)")[![fabriceparallel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20513571?v=4)](https://github.com/fabriceparallel "fabriceparallel (4 commits)")

---

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