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phpf/httputil
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Dependency-free HTTP Utilities

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HttpUtil
========

[](#httputil)

Utilities for working with HTTP requests and responses.

- PHP 5.3+
- No dependencies
- Cross-platform

\####Primary features

- Full set of functions for retrieving request headers
- Utilities similar to those found in the pecl\_http extension (v1), such as `http_get_request_headers()` and `http_negotiate_content_type()`.
- some general-use classes and functions for negotiating request header values based on `q`
- a fallback for `http_response_code()` (PHP < 5.4)
- Mimetype helpers and some other stuff

\###Function list

The following functions are based on, and largely consistent with, their `pecl_http` extension (v1) counterparts:

- **`http_build_url()`**
- **`http_date()`**
- **`http_redirect()`**
- **`http_send_status()`**
- **`http_send_content_type()`**
- **`http_send_content_disposition()`**
- **`http_send_file()`**
- **`http_get_request_body()`**
- **`http_get_request_body_stream()`**
- **`http_get_request_headers()`**
- **`http_match_request_header()`**
- **`http_negotiate_content_type()`**
- **`http_negotiate_language()`**

The following functions are also available:

- **`http_get_request_header()`**
- **`http_negotiate_request_header()`**
- **`http_in_request_header()`**
- **`http_build_cache_headers()`**
- **`http_response_code()`**
- **`http_response_code_desc()`**
- **`http_env()`**
- **`mimetype()`**
- **`mime2filetype()`**

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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