PHPackages                             filbertkm/httplib - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [HTTP & Networking](/categories/http)
4. /
5. filbertkm/httplib

ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http)

filbertkm/httplib
=================

Lightweight http library

0.2(10y ago)032[1 issues](https://github.com/filbertkm/HttpLib/issues)PHP

Since Jun 11Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/filbertkm/HttpLib)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/filbertkm/httplib)[ RSS](/packages/filbertkm-httplib/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday

READMEChangelog (2)DependenciesVersions (3)Used By (0)

HTTPLib
=======

[](#httplib)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0e02ae585f5b5ae396470080334e82e63492002f8d528a1f115d709404ce537c/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f66696c626572746b6d2f487474704c69622e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/filbertkm/HttpLib)

Small php wrapper library around curl.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
$url = 'http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/capabilities';

$httpClient = new HttpClient( 'HttpClientBot', 'http-client-test' );
$response = $httpClient->get( $url );

```

Returns response as a string, if successful, or false.

Also supports post and multipart requests.

License
=======

[](#license)

- [Apache-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

Release notes
=============

[](#release-notes)

0.2
---

[](#02)

- Added download method.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~7 days

Total

2

Last Release

3664d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/135401?v=4)[Katie Filbert](/maintainers/filbertkm)[@filbertkm](https://github.com/filbertkm)

---

Top Contributors

[![filbertkm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/135401?v=4)](https://github.com/filbertkm "filbertkm (2 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/filbertkm-httplib/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/filbertkm-httplib/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/filbertkm-httplib)
```

###  Alternatives

[php-http/cache-plugin

PSR-6 Cache plugin for HTTPlug

25025.5M80](/packages/php-http-cache-plugin)[illuminate/http

The Illuminate Http package.

11937.2M6.6k](/packages/illuminate-http)[rdkafka/rdkafka

A PHP extension for Kafka

2.2k20.0k1](/packages/rdkafka-rdkafka)[httpsoft/http-message

Strict and fast implementation of PSR-7 and PSR-17

87930.4k113](/packages/httpsoft-http-message)[mezzio/mezzio-router

Router subcomponent for Mezzio

265.3M84](/packages/mezzio-mezzio-router)[serpapi/google-search-results-php

Get Google, Bing, Baidu, Ebay, Yahoo, Yandex, Home depot, Naver, Apple, Duckduckgo, Youtube search results via SerpApi.com

69122.6k](/packages/serpapi-google-search-results-php)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)