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myfossil/pbdb
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PHP client for the Paleobiology Database API

v0.0.1(11y ago)0390BSDPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Oct 19Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/myfossil/pbdb-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/myfossil/pbdb)[ RSS](/packages/myfossil-pbdb/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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pbdb-php
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[](#pbdb-php)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/575eec8116d675760dae8e64bcb3e345737e403fdbdbab54c430c7e604887aca/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d79666f7373696c2f706264622d7068702e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/myfossil/pbdb-php)

PHP client for the [Paleobiology Database](http://paleobiodb.org) [API](http://paleobiodb.org/data1.1/).

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

[](#installation)

You can install this PHP client using [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/myfossil/pbdb).

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

4224d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a4820386dc69845084bd94675ea091f0ecf2f35fd546c28056a890c76ccedc0e?d=identicon)[btwood](/maintainers/btwood)

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Top Contributors

[![woodb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1631487?v=4)](https://github.com/woodb "woodb (55 commits)")

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Tags

taxonomypbdbpaleobiodbpaleobiologypbdbhttpapiphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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