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lfischer/internet-available
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A small component to check if the internet is currently available / accessible

1.0.1(6y ago)063MITPHPPHP >=7.1CI failing

Since Jan 21Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Internet check
==============

[](#internet-check)

A small component to check if the internet is accessible. Original idea by [Stackoverflow #4860365](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4860365/determine-in-php-script-if-connected-to-internet). This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

The very basic usage (with default parameters) looks like this:

```
$available = \lfischer\internet\Internet::available();
```

But of course there are some options you can provide to handle the responses as you need them:

```
use \lfischer\internet\Internet;
use \lfischer\internet\InternetException;
use \lfischer\internet\InternetProblemException;

// Check the availability by connecting to Google on port 80.
$available = (new Internet('www.google.com', 80))->check();

//
try {
    $internet = new Internet(
        'www.google.com',
        80,
        Internet::EXCEPTION_ON_UNAVAILABILITY + Internet::PROBLEM_AS_EXCEPTION
    );

    $available = $internet->check();
} catch (InternetException $e) {
    // The internet is not available.
    $internet->getErrorString();
    $internet->getErrorNumber();
    $e->getMessage();
} catch (InternetProblemException $e) {
    // There was a problem while checking the availability.
     $internet->getErrorString();
     $internet->getErrorNumber();
     $e->getMessage();
 }
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

You can pass some options to change the behaviour in case of problems.

- `Internet::EXCEPTION_ON_UNAVAILABILITY`
    Will throw an `InternetException` exception if the internet is unavailable (instead of returning `false`).
- `Internet::PROBLEM_AS_EXCEPTION`
    Will throw an `InternetProblemException` exception if the internet availability could not be checked due to a problem (instead of returning `false`).
- `Internet::PROBLEM_AS_TRUE`
    Will return `true` in case of a problem during the availability check since you'd like to assume something else went wrong.

Static code analysis and code style
===================================

[](#static-code-analysis-and-code-style)

The code is being statically analyzed with the help of [vimeo/psalm](https://packagist.org/packages/vimeo/psalm). The PSR2 code style will be checked/applied with the help of [friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer](https://packagist.org/packages/friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Every ~2 days

Total

2

Last Release

2353d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP >7.1

1.0.1PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/316a942d2a9c90eab5c2ba18e9886d5e7d8af7b5c6fe850fe96085dfd08f3486?d=identicon)[Leonard Fischer](/maintainers/Leonard%20Fischer)

---

Top Contributors

[![leonardfischer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/399835?v=4)](https://github.com/leonardfischer "leonardfischer (6 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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