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lukaswhite/email-checker
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A PHP package that checks e-mail addresses to see if they're disposable, or from a provider of free addresses

1.0.0(3y ago)32132MITPHP

Since Aug 5Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Email Checker
=============

[](#email-checker)

A library for checking an e-mail address to see if it's from a provider of free or disposable providers.

It's essentially a PHP wrapper around the data provided by the [freemail](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail) project, with a straightforward way to keep the data up-to-date.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First, you need to grab the data:

```
$sync = new \Lukaswhite\EmailChecker\Data\Sync('./some/local/path');
$sync->fetch();
```

Then you're good to go:

```
$checker = new \Lukaswhite\EmailChecker\Checker();

$result = $checker->check('hello@mailinator.com');

$result->isDisposable(); // true
$result->isFree(); // false
$result->isBlacklisted(); // false
```

To update the data; for example, via a cron job:

```
$sync = new \Lukaswhite\EmailChecker\Data\Sync('./some/local/path');
$sync->update();
```

Under the Hood
--------------

[](#under-the-hood)

The package works by fetching the [freemail](https://github.com/willwhite/freemail) package using Git into a local folder, then looking up an email's domain from that data.

Running the update method simply pulls in any changes from the remote Git repository.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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

1373d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1bd633ffdf0f66a73a288c4edcacfa43d214cd95a53384c6fe5ea4b3554dd9d?d=identicon)[lukaswhite](/maintainers/lukaswhite)

---

Top Contributors

[![lukaswhite](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/999014?v=4)](https://github.com/lukaswhite "lukaswhite (3 commits)")

---

Tags

emailphp

###  Code Quality

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