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prometee/vies-client
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European VAT Information Exchange System SOAP client

v1.0.8(1y ago)557.0k↑316.4%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/Prometee/VIESClient/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^7.2|^8.0

Since Nov 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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European VAT Information Exchange System SOAP client
----------------------------------------------------

[](#european-vat-information-exchange-system-soap-client)

This library is designed to handle validation trough VIES Soap WebService.

See [https://ec.europa.eu/taxation\_customs/vies/](https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/) for more information.

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

[](#installation)

Install using Composer :

```
$ composer require prometee/vies-client

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$loader = require_once( __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php');

use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Client\DeferredViesSoapClient;
use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Client\ViesSoapClient;
use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Factory\ViesSoapClientFactory;
use Prometee\VIESClient\Helper\ViesHelper;

// Use the Deferred client to avoid getting error
// when the WSDL file is not accessible
$viesSoapClientFactory = ViesSoapClientFactory(ViesSoapClient::class);
$viesSoapClient = new DeferredViesSoapClient($viesSoapClientFactory);

$viesHelper = new ViesHelper($viesSoapClient);
$viesHelper->isValid('FR12345678987');

// Should print:
// 0: CHECK_STATUS_INVALID => Format is not valid and the webservice is not reachable)
// 1: CHECK_STATUS_INVALID_WEBSERVICE => Format is not valid according to the webservice
// 2: CHECK_STATUS_VALID_FORMAT => Format is valid but the webservice is not reachable
// 3: CHECK_STATUS_VALID_WEBSERVICE => Format is valid and the VAT number exists
print_r($viesHelper->isValid('FR12345678987'));
```

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.1% 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 ~285 days

Recently: every ~325 days

Total

9

Last Release

492d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1

v1.0.1PHP ^7.2

v1.0.4PHP ^7.2|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/861820?v=4)[Francis Hilaire](/maintainers/Prometee)[@Prometee](https://github.com/Prometee)

---

Top Contributors

[![Prometee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/861820?v=4)](https://github.com/Prometee "Prometee (49 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (1 commits)")[![dependabot-support](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112581971?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-support "dependabot-support (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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