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marbie77/emailcountdown
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Email Countdown class to generate GIF

2.1.1(1y ago)937.2k↑127.3%5MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

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EmailCountdown
==============

[](#emailcountdown)

Just some simple PHP classes to generate a countdown (60 seconds GIF animation) to be used as fake counter in an email

The image itself works with Outlook, but it shows only the first frame of the GIF animation.

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

[](#installation)

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to install it

```
composer require marbie77/emailcountdown

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create the class, use the options and output the GIF.

```
$emailCountdown = (new EmailCountdown\CircleCountdown())->setDestinationTime(! empty($_GET['dest_time']) ? $_GET['dest_time'] : null)
    ->setTextColor(! empty($_GET['text_color']) ? $_GET['text_color'] : null)
    ->setBackgroundColor(! empty($_GET['background_color']) ? $_GET['background_color'] : null);

// content type gif
header('Content-Type: image/gif');
// no caching of gif, so it gets reloaded every time
header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
header('Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0', false);
header('Pragma: no-cache');
echo $emailCountdown->getGIFAnimation();
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

To check the examples, first install dependencies with `composer install`

Then navigate to *example.php* or *example\_wallpoet.php*

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

2.1.1

- adding PR for removing deprecation messages from @simoheinonen

2.1.0

- adding PR for setting max frames from @simoheinonen

2.0.1

- adding new function to customize shown text and position
- adding font Wallpoet-Regular to show additional example (example\_wallpoet.php)

2.0.0

- added PHPDocs and new coding standards i.e.
    - removed all underscores from properties and methods
    - using camelCase now
- includes PR from @igumenov - thank you!

1.0.0

- Initial version

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~979 days

Total

4

Last Release

550d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.12017-07-27

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.1PHP >=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e3e1384db715d5c0514d55a789f077d50de2958032bb7a006129e1e9c716f213?d=identicon)[marbie77](/maintainers/marbie77)

---

Top Contributors

[![MarBie77](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18697886?v=4)](https://github.com/MarBie77 "MarBie77 (12 commits)")[![simoheinonen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3840367?v=4)](https://github.com/simoheinonen "simoheinonen (2 commits)")[![igumenov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8152022?v=4)](https://github.com/igumenov "igumenov (1 commits)")

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