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kirimemail/link-check
=====================

Check link safety(redirect,safebrowsing,etc)

1.0.9(6y ago)0150MITPHPCI failing

Since Mar 3Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/kirimemail/link-check)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/kirimemail/link-check)[ RSS](/packages/kirimemail-link-check/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (4)Versions (11)Used By (0)

PHP library to check link safety
================================

[](#php-library-to-check-link-safety)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3e823f2686564687ca61c0c9076756215a0a1dfc7c63a36f803b47053a452daf/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6b6972696d656d61696c2f6c696e6b2d636865636b2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/kirimemail/link-check)

Usage:
------

[](#usage)

```
//create checker with default options
$checker = new Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker([
    'max_redirects' => 3,
    'whitelist' => [
         '*://google.*',
    ],
    'check_google_safebrowsing' => true,
    'google_api_key' => '', //necessary if you need to check Google Safebrowsing
    'check_phishtank' => true,
    'phishtank_api_key' => '' //optional, but have low rate limit
]);

$status = $checker->check($url);

if ($status === Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker::OK) {
    // link is OK
} else {
    // link is suspicious
}

if ($status === Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker::DIFFERENT_REDIRECT) {
    // link has different redirect locations
}

if ($status === Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker::TOO_MUCH_REDIRECTS) {
    // link has more redirects than expected
}

if ($status === Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker::GOOGLE_UNSAFE) {
    // link is considered unsafe by google
}

if ($status === Kirimemail\LinkCheck\Checker::PHISHTANK_VALID) {
    // link is a valid phishing link in phishtank
}
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~30 days

Recently: every ~64 days

Total

10

Last Release

2356d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4a96a58157dcd8e62c9f1377f8ef22e194a6a67d90ee87cf515558e049c84d5a?d=identicon)[gamalan](/maintainers/gamalan)

---

Top Contributors

[![gamalan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1147539?v=4)](https://github.com/gamalan "gamalan (16 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/kirimemail-link-check/health.svg)

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