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nebulaprotocol/ipfs-php
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IPFS library in PHP

1.0.0(7y ago)96525MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Aug 26Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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IPFS Client in PHP
==================

[](#ipfs-client-in-php)

### Install:

[](#install)

```
 composer require nebulaprotocol/ipfs-php
```

### Examples:

[](#examples)

```
use IPFSPHP\IPFS;

include 'vendor/autoload.php';

$ipfs = new IPFS('127.0.0.1', 8080, 5001);

```

API
---

[](#api)

#### add

[](#add)

Adds content to IPFS.

**Usage**

```
$hash = $ipfs->add($filePath);
```

#### cat

[](#cat)

Retrieves the contents of a single hash.

**Usage**

```
$ipfs->cat($hash);
```

#### ls

[](#ls)

Gets the node structure of a hash.

**Usage**

```
$obj = $ipfs->ls($hash);

foreach ($obj as $e) {
	echo $e['Hash'];
	echo $e['Size'];
	echo $e['Name'];
}
```

#### Object size

[](#object-size)

Returns object size.

**Usage**

```
$size = $ipfs->size($hash);
```

#### Pin

[](#pin)

Pins a hash.

**Usage**

```
$ipfs->pinAdd($hash);
```

CREDITS
-------

[](#credits)

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###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

2910d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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