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polatdev/pocket.io
==================

Connect to websocket with PHP

1.0.2(4y ago)0921MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Oct 20Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PocketIO
========

[](#pocketio)

```
PocketIO is a rough websocket client written in PHP. Its goal is to ease the
communications between your PHP Application and a real-time server.

Requires PHP 7.4 and openssl, licensed under the MIT License.

Built-in Engines :
- Socket.io 4.x -> works!
- Socket.io 3.x -> works!
- Socket.io 2.x -> not tested
- Socket.io 1.x -> not tested

Special thanks Elephant.IO teams.

```

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

[](#installation)

We are suggesting you to use composer, with the following: `php composer.phar require polatdev/pocket.io`

Or basicly: `composer require polatdev/pocket.io`

For other ways, you can check the release page, or the git clone urls.

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

The docs are not written yet, but you should check [the example directory](https://github.com/polatdev/pocketio/tree/main/example)to get a basic knowledge on how this library is meant to work.

Special Thanks
==============

[](#special-thanks)

Special thanks goes to Elephant.IO Teams.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~6 days

Total

3

Last Release

1657d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f482fc1413f559e30dc6e4b34aedd323f26a787c4920c6776c98e7ff4d475ec4?d=identicon)[polatdev](/maintainers/polatdev)

---

Top Contributors

[![polatdev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40968428?v=4)](https://github.com/polatdev "polatdev (1 commits)")

---

Tags

websocketreal-timenodejspollingphp-websocket

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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