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ffi/location
============

PHP library for determining the physical location of binaries

1.0.1(3y ago)1339.8k7MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI passing

Since Nov 3Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (3)Versions (4)Used By (7)

Bin Locator
===========

[](#bin-locator)

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Library for searching binary files in the operating system.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.4

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

[](#installation)

Library is available as composer repository and can be installed using the following command in a root of your project.

```
$ composer require ffi/location
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Existence Check

[](#existence-check)

Checking the library for existence.

```
use FFI\Location\Locator;

$exists = Locator::exists('libGL.so');
// Expected true in the case that the binary exists and false otherwise
```

### Binary Pathname

[](#binary-pathname)

Getting the full path to the library.

```
use FFI\Location\Locator;

$pathname = Locator::pathname('libGL.so');
// Expected "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.7.0" or null
// in the case that the library cannot be found
```

### Binary Resolving

[](#binary-resolving)

Checking multiple names to find the most suitable library.

```
use FFI\Location\Locator;

$pathname = Locator::resolve('example.so', 'test.so', 'libvulkan.so');
// Expected "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvulkan.so.1.2.131" or null
// in the case that the library cannot be found
```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~212 days

Total

3

Last Release

1233d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02021-11-03

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=7.4

1.0.1PHP ^7.4|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150420?v=4)[Ruslan Sharipov](/maintainers/Serafim)[@serafim](https://github.com/serafim)

---

Top Contributors

[![SerafimArts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2461257?v=4)](https://github.com/SerafimArts "SerafimArts (7 commits)")

---

Tags

binarylocatorphpresolverutilitylocationbinffi

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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