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ml/fgc-client
=============

HTTPlug-conformant file\_get\_contents HTTP client

1.0.1(10y ago)121MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jan 3Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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file\_get\_contents HTTP client
===============================

[](#file_get_contents-http-client)

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This is a HTTPlug-conformant HTTP client based on `file_get_contents`.

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

[](#installation)

The easiest way to use `fgc-client` is to integrate it as a dependency in your project's [composer.json](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) file:

```
php composer.phar require ml/fgc-client ^1.0

```

Please note that HTTPlug hasn't released a stable version yet. Thus, for the time being, you need to set the minimum stability in your `composer.json`file to `beta`:

```
{
    ...
    "minimum-stability": "beta",
    "require": {
        ...
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

After having installed the desired dependencies

```
php composer.phar require guzzlehttp/psr7 ^1.0 php-http/message ^0.2

```

issuing an HTTP request is quite straightforward:

```
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

use Http\Message\MessageFactory\GuzzleMessageFactory;
use Http\Message\StreamFactory\GuzzleStreamFactory;
use ML\FgcClient\FgcHttpClient;

$messageFactory = new GuzzleMessageFactory();
$client = new FgcHttpClient($messageFactory, new GuzzleStreamFactory());

$request = $messageFactory->createRequest('GET', 'http://example.com/');
$response = $client->sendRequest($request);

echo $response->getStatusCode();
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3784d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/eb56bb436cdb5cb935166961547ecfaf85955077552ba8d5145bcd7af3126e07?d=identicon)[markus](/maintainers/markus)

---

Top Contributors

[![lanthaler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/456407?v=4)](https://github.com/lanthaler "lanthaler (15 commits)")

---

Tags

httphttpsresthttplugweb-apiphp-httpfile\_get\_contents

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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