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fhferreira/php-dig
==================

Use servers CLI command dig over php internal dns\_get\_record() function - just a fork of hostinger/php-dig

1.2(1y ago)036.7k↓52.5%MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Feb 22Pushed 1y agoCompare

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php-dig
=======

[](#php-dig)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

[PHP DNS functions](http://php.net/manual/en/ref.network.php) don't have a timeout while the default timeout for dig is 5 seconds (with several (3) tries)

It should drastically decrease time to get dns records, and lower failure errors like `dns_get_record(): A temporary server error occurred.`

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

[](#installation)

Install the latest version with

```
$ composer require fhferreira/php-dig
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$client = new Hostinger\DigClient();
$result = $client->getRecord('hostinger.com', DNS_MX);
```

This is equal to

```
dns_get_record('hostinger.com', DNS_MX);
```

Package checks if it can run `exec` in server environment, otherwise it will fallback to dns\_get\_record().

### DigClient implements LoggerAwareInterface

[](#digclient-implements-loggerawareinterface)

You can set [logger](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog/) to debug / log package activity

```
$client = new Hostinger\DigClient();
$logger = new \Monolog\Logger\Logger('App');
$logger->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('path/to/your.log'));
$client->setLogger($logger);
```

About
-----

[](#about)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- php-dig client works with PHP 5.6 or above.

### Submitting bugs and feature requests

[](#submitting-bugs-and-feature-requests)

Bugs and feature request are tracked on [GitHub](https://github.com/hostinger/php-dig/issues)

Sources
-------

[](#sources)

- [Stack overflow question What would cause checkdnsrr() or dns\_get\_record() to take too long?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14065946/what-would-cause-checkdnsrr-or-dns-get-record-to-take-too-long)
- [Reddit thread: dns\_get\_record suddenly running very slowly](https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/2k3ns7/dns_get_record_suddenly_running_very_slowly/)

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.7% 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 ~595 days

Total

3

Last Release

491d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6737936990660260df87570e586c254abe975be9f0a7f3964abf38ed5012b4b7?d=identicon)[fhferreira](/maintainers/fhferreira)

---

Top Contributors

[![vaidas-lungis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5111555?v=4)](https://github.com/vaidas-lungis "vaidas-lungis (11 commits)")[![fhferreira](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/140686?v=4)](https://github.com/fhferreira "fhferreira (5 commits)")[![fordnox](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/398619?v=4)](https://github.com/fordnox "fordnox (1 commits)")

---

Tags

dnsdigdns\_get\_record

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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