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php-minecraft/minecraft-query
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Minecraft library for retrieving server data (players, motd, favicon..)

v1.0.2(3y ago)31.1k↓66.7%MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since Mar 6Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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MinecraftQuery
==============

[](#minecraftquery)

🛰️ Minecraft PHP library for retrieving server query data

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

[](#installation)

Required at least PHP 7.2

```
composer require php-minecraft/minecraft-query

```

Example usage
=============

[](#example-usage)

```
declare(strict_types=1);

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use PHPMinecraft\MinecraftQuery\MinecraftQueryResolver;
```

Minecraft v1.7+
---------------

[](#minecraft-v17)

```
$resolver = new MinecraftQueryResolver('play.minecord.net', 25565);

$result = $resolver->getResult();
```

Minecraft <= v1.6
--------------------

[](#minecraft--v16)

```
$resolver = new MinecraftQueryResolver('play.minecord.net', 25565);

$resolver->retrieveDataPre17();

$result = $resolver->getResult();
```

Autodetect minecraft version (if 1.7+ query fails, older will be used)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#autodetect-minecraft-version-if-17-query-fails-older-will-be-used)

```
$resolver = new MinecraftQueryResolver('play.minecord.net', 25565);

$result = $resolver->getResult($tryOldQueryProtocolPre17 = true);
```

Result data
-----------

[](#result-data)

```
$result->getMaxPlayers() // integer
$result->getOnlinePlayers() // integer
$result->getPlayersSample() // array (players -> sample at https://wiki.vg/Server_List_Ping)
$result->getVersion() // string
$result->getProtocolVersion() // integer
$result->getMessageOfTheDay() // string
$result->getLatency() // integer (ms)
$result->getFavicon() // string or null
```

Tweaks
------

[](#tweaks)

```
// use this cosntructor if you dont want separate address to host and port
$resolver = MinecraftQueryResolver::fromAddress('play.minecord.net');

// use this method if you want raw data in array retrieved from minecraft server
$rawData = $resolver->getRawData();

// use this method if you want construct MinecraftQueryResult from raw data
$result = MinecraftQueryResult::fromRawData($rawData);
```

Library (socket logic) is inspired by xPaw/PHP-Minecraft-Query

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~491 days

Total

3

Last Release

1327d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.2

v1.0.1PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45132928?v=4)[delacry](/maintainers/delacry)[@delacry](https://github.com/delacry)

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Top Contributors

[![delacry](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45132928?v=4)](https://github.com/delacry "delacry (31 commits)")

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Tags

minecraftminecraft-pingminecraft-queryphppingquery

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