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henderjon/pinger
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a simple (perhaps too simple) PHP utiltiy built to aid in connecting to an API

v0.5.0(8y ago)039BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4

Since Oct 2Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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henderjon/pinger
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[](#henderjonpinger)

Pinger is a simple utility to make http calls. It's designed to be used for easily accessing simple APIs.

Peruse the tests or, if present, the examples directory to see usage.

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0336c12305c31d95d7af0881aeae290395f6883dcd4f40bd079e56a57e5cbaf0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f68656e6465726a6f6e2f70696e6765722f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/henderjon/pinger)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/52e055a80055e7a7ab18e8222e2a67eb15f4ce2a9e7cd6a196c906800115f12c/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f68656e6465726a6f6e2f70696e6765722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/henderjon/pinger)

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~304 days

Total

5

Last Release

3030d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/15bb251b7550dc9a7ee1a7642fd6c4534f72797a17b3c913e9a15a4462979612?d=identicon)[henderjon](/maintainers/henderjon)

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Top Contributors

[![henderjon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114275?v=4)](https://github.com/henderjon "henderjon (11 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/henderjon-pinger/health.svg)

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