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goltzchristian/graphql-client-php
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A graphql client for php.

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GraphQL Client for PHP
======================

[](#graphql-client-for-php)

A client made for testing and consuming GraphQL endpoints

Targeting Symfony and Laravel GraphQL implementations

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

[](#installation)

`composer require goltzchristian/graphql-client-php`

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

#### Laravel

[](#laravel)

```
use GraphQLClient\Client;

abstract class TestCase extends \Laravel\Lumen\Testing\TestCase
{
  /** @var Client */
  protected $graphql;

  public function setUp()
  {
    parent::setUp();
    $this->graphql = new LaravelTestGraphQLClient(
      $this->app,
      '/graphql'
    );
  }

}

```

#### Symfony

[](#symfony)

```
class RegistrationTest extends TestCase
{
  /** @var Client */
  protected $graphql;

  public function setUp()
  {
    parent::setUp();
    $this->graphql = new \GraphQLClient\SymfonyWebTestGraphQLClient(
      new Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Client,
      '/graphql'  // change it to your endpoint's URI
    );
  }
}

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

#### Mutations

[](#mutations)

```
public function testRegistrationSuccess()
{
  $params = [
    'secret' => 'mySecret',
    'password' => $this->getFaker()->password()
    'email' => $this->getFaker()->email()
  ];  // build a query
  $query = new Query('registerUser', $params, [
    new Field('id'),
    new Field('email'),
    new Field('id'),
  ]);  // execute the query
  $fields = $this->graphql->mutate($query)->getData();  // check if the server returned values for all requested fields
  $this->graphql->assertGraphQlFields($fields, $query);  // check if the user was created in the db
  $user = User::query()->where([
    'email' => $params['email'],
  ])->first();
  $this->assertNotNull($user);
}

```

#### Queries

[](#queries)

```

public function testReadProfile()
{
  // build the query
  $query = new Query('viewer', [ 'token' => 'myToken', [
    new Field('profile', [
      new Field('id'),
      new Field('email'),
      new Query('posts', [ 'first' => 10 ], [
        new Field('edges', [
          new Field('node', [
            new Field('id'),
            new Field('content')
          ])
        ])
      ])
    ])
  ]);  // execute the query
  $fields = $this->graphql->query($query)->getData();  // check if the server returned all requested fields
  $this->assertGraphQlFields($fields, $query);  // check some simple field
  $this->assertEquals(
    $this->getUser()->getId(),
    $result['profile']['id']
  );  // retrieve post ids from response
  $postIds = array_map(function(array $item) {
    return $item['node']['id'];
  }, $fields['profile']['posts']['edges']);  // check if all user posts were contained in the response
  foreach ($this->getUser()->getPosts() as $post) {
    $this->assertNotFalse(array_search($post->getId(), $postIds));
  }

```

You can also checkout this [link](https://medium.com/@goltzchristian/testing-your-graphql-backend-in-php-41a2530ea556 "link") for detailed instructions

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.3% 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 ~3 days

Total

9

Last Release

3019d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5e902b6b76a68aed689d93987bb6c72f096d6bea30d9be875a2674bc9c894e82?d=identicon)[christiangoltz](/maintainers/christiangoltz)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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