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meklis/telnet
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Telnet client in php

1.2.2(5y ago)2831↓50%31MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Oct 29Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Telnet
======

[](#telnet)

Forked from .
Telnet client written in php

Description
-----------

[](#description)

- Telnet to Linux/UNIX servers
- Telnet to network routeres (Cisco IOS , Juniper JUNOS, Xtreme XOS, Dlink, BDcom)

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- PHP 5.6 or later (PHP 7.0 ready!)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Telnet to Cisco IOS router

[](#telnet-to-cisco-ios-router)

```
try {
    $telnet = new \meklis\network\Telnet('10.0.0.1');
    $telnet->connect();
    $telnet->login('foo', 'bar', 'cisco');
    $telnet->exec('terminal length 0');
    $telnet->exec('enable'."\r\n".'foobar');
    $telnet->setPrompt('router#');

    $result = $telnet->exec('show env all');
    echo $result."\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
```

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

[](#installation)

Use composer ()

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.1% 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 ~303 days

Recently: every ~413 days

Total

9

Last Release

2155d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0.x-devPHP >=5.3.0

1.1.1PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/96e33529c633d65792035730b2f17d7c59e58672a97077ec684fd019d22a39d2?d=identicon)[meklis](/maintainers/meklis)

---

Top Contributors

[![bigfoot90](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4598274?v=4)](https://github.com/bigfoot90 "bigfoot90 (23 commits)")[![meklis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16430599?v=4)](https://github.com/meklis "meklis (15 commits)")[![bn-server](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12021107?v=4)](https://github.com/bn-server "bn-server (1 commits)")[![miyahan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11690370?v=4)](https://github.com/miyahan "miyahan (1 commits)")[![MyIgel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1448057?v=4)](https://github.com/MyIgel "MyIgel (1 commits)")

---

Tags

routertelnetciscojuniperdlinkxosbdcomxtreme

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