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jolicode/php-ar-drone
=====================

Control your AR Drone over PHP

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php-ar-drone
============

[](#php-ar-drone)

php-ar-drone is a port of node-ar-drone which allows user to control a Parrot AR Drone over PHP. No, isn't a joke.

This library provide the same features that the node library, that's why this documentation is heavy based on the node-ar-drone one. The low level UdpControl API is not implemented yet.

This library is built on the awesome reactphp library which bring non blocking i/o system to PHP.

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

[](#installation)

Using Composer:

```
composer require jolicode/php-ar-drone dev-master

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Some examples are located in the examples/ directory. Feel free to test those.

### Client API

[](#client-api)

```
$client = new \Joli\ArDrone\Client();
// use API service (see below)
$client->start();
```

#### $client->takeoff($callback)

[](#client-takeoffcallback)

Sets the internal `fly` state to `true`, `$callback` is invoked after the drone reports that it is hovering.

#### $client->land($callback)

[](#client-landcallback)

Sets the internal `fly` state to `false`, `$callback` is invoked after the drone reports it has landed.

#### $client->up($speed) / $client->down($speed)

[](#client-upspeed--client-downspeed)

Makes the drone gain or reduce altitude. `$speed` can be a value from `0` to `1`.

#### $client->clockwise($speed) / $client->counterClockwise($speed)

[](#client-clockwisespeed--client-counterclockwisespeed)

Causes the drone to spin. `$speed` can be a value from `0` to `1`.

#### $client->front($speed) / $client->back($speed)

[](#client-frontspeed--client-backspeed)

Controls the pitch, which a horizontal movement using the camera as a reference point. `$speed` can be a value from `0` to `1`.

#### $client->left($speed) / $client->right($speed)

[](#client-leftspeed--client-rightspeed)

Controls the roll, which is a horizontal movement using the camera as a reference point. `$speed` can be a value from `0` to `1`.

#### $client->stop()

[](#client-stop)

Sets all drone movement commands to `0`, making it effectively hover in place.

#### Events

[](#events)

A client will emit `landed`, `hovering`, `flying`, `landing`, `batteryChange`, and `altitudeChange` events as long as demo navdata is enabled. Here is a example for catching event:

```
$client->on('landed', function() {
    // do something
});
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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.

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