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hugsbrugs/php-whois
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Convenient methods for querying whois

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php-whois
=========

[](#php-whois)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require hugsbrugs/php-whois

```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Open in your browser

```
/vendor/hugsbrugs/php-whois/examples/simple-example.php

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use HugsBrugs\HugWhois\HugWhois as HugWhois;

$domain_or_ip = 'sport24.lefogaro.fr'; // '212.95.72.8'

# Create Whois object
$HugWhois = new HugWhois($domain_or_ip);

$whois = [];

# Query whois database and return whois text as UTF-8
$whois['text'] = $HugWhois->get_whois_text();

$whois['is_ip'] = $HugWhois->is_ip();

# Is this tld available ?
$whois['is_available'] = $HugWhois->is_available();

# Extract whois informations
$whois['infos'] = $HugWhois->extract_infos();

# Extract all mails from whois
$whois['mails'] = $HugWhois->get_mails();
$whois['registrant_emails'] = $HugWhois->extract_whois_registrant_emails();
$whois['registrar_emails'] = $HugWhois->extract_whois_registrar_emails();

# Return whois as HTML (\n replaced by )
//$whois['html'] = $HugWhois->whois_html();

# helper functions
$whois['registrable_domain'] = $HugWhois->get_registrable_domain();
$whois['domain'] = $HugWhois->get_domain();
$whois['hostname'] = $HugWhois->get_hostname();
$whois['full_host'] = $HugWhois->get_full_host();
$whois['tlds'] = $HugWhois->get_tld();
$whois['subdomain'] = $HugWhois->get_sub_domain();

# Print
echo $tld . ' : ';
echo '';print_r($whois);echo '';

```

### Similar librairies

[](#similar-librairies)

[phpWhois/phpWhois](https://github.com/phpWhois/phpWhois)

[regru/php-whois](https://github.com/regru/php-whois)

[phpwhois.org](http://www.phpwhois.org/)

### Ressources

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

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.

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