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lightools/ares
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Simple finder of Czech companies in ARES database.

v1.0.0(10y ago)26.9k↓100%MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Mar 29Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This library provides simple interface for finding basic information about Czech companies registered in ARES database.

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require lightools/ares
```

Simple usage
------------

[](#simple-usage)

```
$client = new Bitbang\Http\Clients\CurlClient(); // you will probably need to setup CURLOPT_CAINFO or CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
$loader = new Lightools\Xml\XmlLoader();
$finder = new Lightools\Ares\CompanyFinder($client, $loader);

try {
    $company = $finder->find('66872944');

    if ($company === NULL) {
        // not found
    } else {
        echo $company->getVatNumber();
    }

} catch (Lightools\Ares\LookupFailedException $e) {
    // process exception
}
```

How to run tests
----------------

[](#how-to-run-tests)

```
$ vendor/bin/tester tests
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

3692d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5b545e3f9d982d538f11bc42b3dc2d186f706cef92c8bc8bc8f8788b08186ea5?d=identicon)[janedbal](/maintainers/janedbal)

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Top Contributors

[![janedbal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1993453?v=4)](https://github.com/janedbal "janedbal (4 commits)")

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Tags

aresczech-companies

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