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pascalwacker/php-mqtt-client
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MQTT 3.1.1 library for PHP with TLS support

1.0.3(8y ago)238MITPHP

Since Aug 9Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-mqtt-client
===============

[](#php-mqtt-client)

MQTT 3.1.1 Client with TSL support in PHP

Note that all calls are blocking until a timeout occurs. If you need some fancy async solution, you'll have to find another repo.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist karpy47/php-mqtt-client

```

or add

```
"karpy47/php-mqtt-client": "*"

```

to the require section of your composer.json.

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

Should work with all recent PHP versions.

Code developed and running in production using PHP v5.6.27

Not tested on PHP v7, please report back!

Basic Usage
===========

[](#basic-usage)

```
$client = new MQTTClient('mqtt-server.domain.com', 8162);
$client->setAuthentication('mqtt-server.username','mqtt-server.password');
$client->setEncryption('cacerts.pem');
$success = $client->sendConnect(12345);  // set your client ID
if ($success) {
    $client->sendSubscribe('topic1');
    $client->sendPublish('topic2', 'Message to all subscribers of this topic');
    $messages = $client->getPublishMessages();  // now read and acknowledge all messages waiting
    foreach ($messages as $message) {
        echo $message['topic'] .': '. $message['message'] . PHP_EOL;
    }
    $client->sendDisconnect();
}
$client->close();

```

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

Thanks to [bluerhinos/phpMQTT](https://github.com/bluerhinos/phpMQTT) and [McFizh/libMQTT](https://github.com/McFizh/libMQTT).

License
=======

[](#license)

Released under the MIT License. Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~62 days

Total

3

Last Release

3078d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/aaad3af4306e5e4de18799640604814326836d5c274bb66a496b51ef9a425a35?d=identicon)[pascalwacker](/maintainers/pascalwacker)

---

Top Contributors

[![karpy47](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8948719?v=4)](https://github.com/karpy47 "karpy47 (11 commits)")

---

Tags

phpclientmqtt

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