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maximal/php-webp-thumbnailer
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PHP (over Imagine) helper for creating and caching WebP thumbnails in real time

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PHP thumbnailer with WebP support
=================================

[](#php-thumbnailer-with-webp-support)

`WebpThumbnailer` is a thumbnail helper which allows you to generate and cache image thumbnails in your PHP application on the fly.

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

[](#installation)

Install this library with Composer:

```
php composer.phar require "maximal/php-webp-thumbnailer" "*"
```

or add

```
"maximal/php-webp-thumbnailer": "*"

```

to the `require` section of your app’s `composer.json` file.

Checking the environment
------------------------

[](#checking-the-environment)

You will need WebP coder (`cwebp` command) installed in your system.

For instance in Ubuntu/Debian it is included in `webp` package:

```
sudo apt install webp
```

Check the command:

```
cwebp -version
```

You should get an output with version number (like `0.6.1`).

If you have installed `cwebp` to a different command or path, configure the static property `WebpThumbnailer::$cwebpCommand` before using the helper (see the example below).

More info about WebP:

Generating thumbnails
---------------------

[](#generating-thumbnails)

Use this thumbnailer in your PHP application:

```
use maximal\thumbnail\WebpThumbnailer;

echo WebpThumbnailer::picture('/path/to/img/image.png', $width, $height);
```

More options (`outbound` instead of default `inset`; `alt` and `class`attribute added):

```
use maximal\thumbnail\WebpThumbnailer;

echo WebpThumbnailer::picture(
	'/path/to/img/image.png',
	$width,
	$height,
	false,
	['alt' => 'Alt attribute', 'class' => 'img-responsive']
);
```

Custom `cwebp` command:

```
use maximal\thumbnail\WebpThumbnailer;

WebpThumbnailer::$cwebpCommand = '/usr/local/bin/cwebp';
echo WebpThumbnailer::picture('/path/to/img/image.jpg', $width, $height);
```

The helper’s `picture()` method uses modern `` HTML tag as follows:

```

```

Here you have `image/webp` source for [browsers which support WebP images](https://caniuse.com/#search=WebP)and traditional (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, GIF) image fallback.

Author
======

[](#author)

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###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance7

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

1606d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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