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gravitymedia/stream
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Stream is an object oriented library for reading and writing binary streams in PHP.

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Stream
======

[](#stream)

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Stream is an object oriented library for reading and writing binary streams in PHP.

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

[](#requirements)

This library has the following requirements:

- PHP 5.6+

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

[](#installation)

Install Composer in your project:

```
$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

Add the package to your `composer.json` and install it via Composer:

```
$ php composer.phar require gravitymedia/stream
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This is a simple usage example for character streams but is applicable for binary data streams.

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

use GravityMedia\Stream\Stream;

// create resource
$resource = fopen('php://temp', 'r+');

// create new stream object
$stream = Stream::fromResource($resource);

// write some data
$stream->write("\x63\x6f\x6e\x74\x65\x6e\x74\x73");

// seek a position
$stream->seek(4);

// print 32 bit unsigned integer
print $stream->readUInt32() . PHP_EOL;

// rewind stream
$stream->rewind();

// print the data previously written
while (!$stream->eof()) {
    print $stream->read(1);
}
print PHP_EOL;

// print position
print $stream->tell() . PHP_EOL;

// rewind stream
$stream->rewind();

// truncate random data
$stream->truncate(7);

// print the truncated data
while (!$stream->eof()) {
    print $stream->read(1);
}
print PHP_EOL;
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Clone this repository, install Composer and all dependencies:

```
$ php composer.phar install
```

Run the test suite:

```
$ php vendor/bin/phing test
```

Generating documentation
------------------------

[](#generating-documentation)

Clone this repository, install Composer and all dependencies:

```
$ php composer.phar install
```

Generate the documentation to the `build/docs` directory:

```
$ php vendor/bin/phing doc
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Daniel Schröder](https://github.com/pCoLaSD)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4107232?v=4)[Daniel Schröder](/maintainers/schroedan)[@schroedan](https://github.com/schroedan)

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![Health badge](/badges/gravitymedia-stream/health.svg)

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```

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