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piotrpress/streamer
===================

This library is a custom PHP Stream Wrapper, which provides write/read operations and stores the data in the memory.

v1.1.0(4y ago)36.5k↓50%4GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Oct 25Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Streamer
========

[](#streamer)

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This library is a custom [PHP Stream Wrapper](https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.streamwrapper.php), which provides write/read operations and stores the data in the memory.

**NOTE:** It is similar to `php:// memory`, with the difference that is reusable, i.e. after the stream has been closed you can reopen it and the written data are still there, similar to regular file. Take a look at example of usage below.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require piotrpress/streamer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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

PiotrPress\Streamer::register( 'virtual' );

file_put_contents( 'virtual://test', 'Test data' );
echo file_get_contents( 'virtual://test' );
```

Supports
--------

[](#supports)

- `fopen()` modes: `r`, `r+`, `w`, `w+`, `a`, `a+`
- `fwrite()`, `fputs()` etc.
- `fread()`, `fgets()` etc.
- `file_get_contents()`, `file_put_contents()`
- `feof()`, `fseek()`, `ftell()`, `rewind()`
- `ftruncate()`
- `filesize()`
- `rename()`
- `unlink()`

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP >= `7.4` version.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GPL3.0](license.txt)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~86 days

Total

3

Last Release

1540d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)[Piotr Niewiadomski](/maintainers/PiotrPress)[@PiotrPress](https://github.com/PiotrPress)

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Top Contributors

[![PiotrPress](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)](https://github.com/PiotrPress "PiotrPress (3 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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