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lygav/php-slackbot
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Simple, easy to use, PHP package for sending messages to Slack. Send pretty, colourful messages with rich attachments quickly with this friendly API

0.0.4(9y ago)39399.9k↓20.1%6MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since Jul 6Pushed 9y ago5 watchersCompare

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[](#php-slackbot-)

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Simple, easy to use, PHP package for sending messages to Slack.
Send pretty, colourful messages with rich attachments quickly with this friendly API.

Compatible with PHP >= 5.3

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

[](#installation)

### Via composer

[](#via-composer)

```
"require": {
   "lygav/php-slackbot": "0.0.*"
}
```

### Without composer, via PHAR

[](#without-composer-via-phar)

From the command line, enter into the cloned repository dir and run:

```
php makephar

```

You will see that a new file was created named "phpslackbot.phar". Then in your application:

```
include 'path/to/phpslackbot.phar';
```

The rest is the same as when installed with 'composer'

Your first message
------------------

[](#your-first-message)

```
$bot = new Slackbot("https://hooks.slack.com/services/your/incoming/hook");
$bot->text("Hi")->send();
```

Direct messages
---------------

[](#direct-messages)

```
$bot->text("Hi all!")
    ->from("username")
    ->toChannel("mychannel")
    ->send();
```

Create pretty, colorful attachments easily
------------------------------------------

[](#create-pretty-colorful-attachments-easily)

```
$bot->attach(
    $bot->buildAttachment("fallback text")
    ->enableMarkdown()
    ->setText("We can have *mrkdwn* `code` _italic_ also in attachments")
    )
    ->toGroup("mygroup")
    ->send();
```

Customise freely
----------------

[](#customise-freely)

```
$attachment = $bot->buildAttachment("fallback text"/* mandatory by slack */)
    ->setPretext("pretext line")
    ->setText("attachment body text")
    /*
      Human web-safe colors automatically
      translated into HEX equivalent
    */
    ->setColor("lightblue")
    ->setAuthor("me")
    ->addField("short field", "i'm inline", TRUE)
    ->addField("short field 2", "i'm also inline", TRUE)
    ->setImageUrl("http://my-website.com/path/to/image.jpg");

$bot->attach($attachment)->send();
```

Set/ Override every possible setting
------------------------------------

[](#set-override-every-possible-setting)

```
$options = array(
            'username' => 'my-bot-name',
            'icon_emoji' => ':icon name:',
            'icon_url' => 'http://someicon.com',
            'channel' => '#test-channel'
        );

$bot = new Slackbot($url, $options);
$bot->text("check out bot new icon")->send();

// Choose to override 'last minute' (ex. when dealing with multiple consequtive messages)
$bot->text("check out bot new icon")->send(array("username" => "other-bot-name"));
```

Advanced Usage
==============

[](#advanced-usage)

Use custom transfer handlers
----------------------------

[](#use-custom-transfer-handlers)

```
$handler = new MockHandler();
$bot     = new SlackBot($url, ['handler' => $handler]);
$bot->text("some text")
    ->from("my-test-bot")
    ->toGroup("bot-testing")
    ->send();
```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity47

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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 ~171 days

Total

4

Last Release

3455d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6170890eb631d001e047f02dca308dd7b5054968ca1979a399de4a6d5fd7ea0e?d=identicon)[lygav](/maintainers/lygav)

---

Top Contributors

[![lygav](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3002189?v=4)](https://github.com/lygav "lygav (20 commits)")

---

Tags

slackslackbotphp-slackbot

###  Code Quality

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