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glicer/link-checker
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Check broken links in html files, sitemap.xml and robots.txt

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Since Jan 19Pushed 5y ago3 watchersCompare

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php-linkchecker
===============

[](#php-linkchecker)

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Check broken links in html / json files, sitemap.xml, markdown and robots.txt.

It's working with :

- [Guzzle](http://docs.guzzlephp.org)
- [Symfony Finder Component](http://symfony.com/doc/2.3/components/finder.html)
- [Glicer Simply-html Component](https://github.com/emmanuelroecker/php-simply-html)

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

[](#installation)

This library can be found on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/glicer/link-checker).

The recommended way to install is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

Edit your `composer.json` and add :

```
{
    "require": {
       "glicer/link-checker": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Install dependencies :

```
php composer.phar install
```

How to check links in html / json files ?
-----------------------------------------

[](#how-to-check-links-in-html--json-files-)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use GlLinkChecker\GlLinkChecker;
use GlLinkChecker\GlLinkCheckerReport;
use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;

//relative url use host http://lyon.glicer.com to check link
$linkChecker  = new GlLinkChecker('http://lyon.glicer.com');

//construct list of local html and json files to check
$finder = new Finder();
$files  = $finder->files()->in('./public')->name("*.html")->name("*.json");

//launch links checking
$result  = $linkChecker->checkFiles(
    $files,
    function ($nbr) {
        // called at beginning - $nbr urls to check
    },
    function ($url, $files) {
        // called each $url - $files : list of filename containing $url link
    },
    function () {
        // called at the end
    }
);

//convert $result array in a temp html file
$filereport = GlLinkCheckerReport::toTmpHtml('lyonCheck',$result);

//$filereport contain fullpath to html file
print_r($filereport);
```

you can view $filereport with your browser

How to check links in robots.txt and sitemap files ?
----------------------------------------------------

[](#how-to-check-links-in-robotstxt-and-sitemap-files-)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use GlLinkChecker\GlLinkChecker;

$linkChecker = new GlLinkChecker('http://lyon.glicer.com');
$result      = $linkChecker->checkRobotsSitemap();

print_r($result);
```

GlLinkChecker::checkRobotsSitemap() return an array like :

```
$result = [
    'disallow' =>
        ['error' => ['/img/', '/download/']],
    'sitemap'  =>
        [
            'ok' => [
                '/sitemap.xml' =>
                    [
                        'ok' =>
                            [
                                '/index.html',
                                '/section/probleme-solution/compresser-css-html-js.html'
                            ]
                    ]
            ]
        ]
];
```

Running Tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

Launch from command line :

```
vendor\bin\phpunit
```

License MIT
-----------

[](#license-mit)

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

Authors : Emmanuel ROECKER & Rym BOUCHAGOUR

[Web Development Blog - http://dev.glicer.com](http://dev.glicer.com)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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