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jester/q3tool
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Quake 3 Server interaction for PHP

0.2.1(13y ago)3486[1 issues](https://github.com/c9jester/q3tool/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/c9jester/q3tool/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Q3Tool
======

[](#q3tool)

PHP class for working with ioquake3-based game servers.

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Q3Tool is a simple PHP class that allows developers to quickly and easily retrieve information from, or send remote commands (RCON) to game servers that are based on the Quake 3 (ioq3) engine. It was developed for, and has been extensively used with, Urban Terror servers, but should work for just about anything using ioq3 (or even just the same protocol).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Using composer (https://packagist.org/packages/jester/q3tool)
require('vendor/autoload.php');

// Or stand-alone
require('q3tool.php');

// Default port, no RCON
$tool = new q3tool("myclan.org");

// Non-default port, no RCON
$tool = new q3tool("myclan.org", 27961);

// Including RCON
$tool = new q3tool("myclan.org", 27960, "super1337password");

// Get a list of players as an array
$players = $tool->get_info("playerlist");

// Or just how many players are on
$player_num = $tool->get_info("players");

// Sending an RCON command
$response = $tool->send_rcon('bigtext "Hello all!"');
```

See DATA\_TYPES for more information on retrieving the information you want.

Known Issues
------------

[](#known-issues)

Getting the console response from sending an RCON command is unreliable at best. This seems to be an issue with ioq3 truncating the reply when sent over the wire. I have not yet figured out a solution. Issuing commands, however, does work.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4768d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5798174?v=4)[jester](/maintainers/jester)[@jester](https://github.com/jester)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

gameq3quakeioq3

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