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pathomation/pma-php
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PHP wrapper library for PMA.start, a universal viewier for whole slide imaging and microscopy

2.0.0.107(5y ago)310.4k↓44.4%2[2 issues](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/issues)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=7.0CI failing

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pma\_php
========

[](#pma_php)

PHP wrapper library for PMA.start, a universal viewier for whole slide imaging and microscopy

Docs
====

[](#docs)

PMA.start
---------

[](#pmastart)

[Identifying PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/10-identifying-PMA.start.md)

[Getting version information about PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/20-getting-version-information-about-PMA.start.md)

[Connecting to PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/30-connecting-to-PMA.start.md)

[Getting drive letters from PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/40-getting-drive-letters-from-PMA.start.md)

[Getting directories PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/60-getting-directories-PMA.start.md)

[Getting slides PMA.start](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.start/80-getting-slides-PMA.start.md)

PMA.core
--------

[](#pmacore)

[Identifying PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/10-identifying-PMA.core.md)

[Getting version information about PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/20-getting-version-information-about-PMA.core.md)

[Connecting to PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/30-connecting-to-PMA.core.md)

[Getting root directories from PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/40-getting-root-directories-from-PMA.core.md)

[Getting directories PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/60-getting-directories-PMA.core.md)

[Getting slides PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/80-getting-slides-PMA.core.md)

[Get UID for a slide in PMA.core](https://github.com/Pathomation/pma_php/blob/master/doc/pma.core/90-get-UID-for-a-slide-in-PMA.core.md)

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance7

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 51.6% 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 ~32 days

Total

22

Last Release

1895d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e149873eb18422225b3f6e5fe016dc12b41f3538768b4be7fe601489703abbb5?d=identicon)[ysucaet](/maintainers/ysucaet)

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Top Contributors

[![YvesSucaet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37899889?v=4)](https://github.com/YvesSucaet "YvesSucaet (48 commits)")[![Antreasgr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/616160?v=4)](https://github.com/Antreasgr "Antreasgr (22 commits)")[![myiddaoui](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11309810?v=4)](https://github.com/myiddaoui "myiddaoui (16 commits)")[![scojackson1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111383027?v=4)](https://github.com/scojackson1 "scojackson1 (5 commits)")[![mehdipma](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114163992?v=4)](https://github.com/mehdipma "mehdipma (2 commits)")

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Tags

slideimagingwholewsigigapixelmicroscopyhistologypathology

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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