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ipaulk/exchange-rates
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Retrieve currency exchange rate using several web services.

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Since Mar 15Pushed 9y agoCompare

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Exchange Rates
--------------

[](#exchange-rates)

Retrieve currency exchange rate using several web services.

Available webservicess:
-----------------------

[](#available-webservicess)

1. WebserviceX.NET Data Protocol is a SOAP-inspired technology for reading, writing, and modifying information on the web.
2. Fixer.io is a free JSON API for current and historical foreign exchange rates published by the European Central Bank.

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require ipaulk/exchange-rates

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Get specific exchange rate from Webservicex.net (by default)

```
use IPaulK\ExchangeRates\ExchangeRates as ExchangeRates;

$exchangeRates = new ExchangeRates();

/** @var float $value */
$value = $exchangeRates->getRate('USD', 'EUR');
```

Get specific exchange rate from fixer.io

```
use IPaulK\ExchangeRates\ExchangeRates as ExchangeRates;

$exchangeRates = new ExchangeRates();
$exchangeRates->setProvider('fixerio');

/** @var float $value */
$value = $exchangeRates->getRate('USD', 'EUR');
```

Request specific exchange rates.

```
use IPaulK\ExchangeRates\ExchangeRates as ExchangeRates;

$exchangeRates = new ExchangeRates();

/** @var array $data */
$data = $exchangeRates->fetchRates('USD', ['EUR', 'GBP', 'JPY', 'RUB', 'ILS', 'AUD']);
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~3 days

Total

3

Last Release

3387d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/87f09c5ce0cdb55106c5400ffc0507b00dd878bc7634d352e1bc55a12d882b84?d=identicon)[iPaulK](/maintainers/iPaulK)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

currencyexchange-ratewebservicexphpcurrencyfinanceexchange ratewebservicex

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