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proteins/url
============

Helper object for parsing, building and handling URLs

1.0.3(6y ago)0452MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since May 28Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Protein | URL
=============

[](#protein--url)

Helper object for parsing, building and handling URLs
-----------------------------------------------------

[](#helper-object-for-parsing-building-and-handling-urls)

### Install

[](#install)

---

```
composer require proteins/url

```

Require the class via :

```
use Proteins\URL;
```

### Parse an URL

[](#parse-an-url)

---

Create a new URL object passing the existing URL as constructor parameter, that will be automatically parsed into URL components.

```
$url = new URL('https://user:pass@www.alpha.beta.com:9080/path/to/resource.html?foo=bar&another[]=2&another[]=3#frag_link');

print_r($url);
```

```
Object
(
    [scheme] => https
    [user] => user
    [pass] => pass
    [host] => www.alpha.beta.com
    [port] => 9080
    [path] => /path/to/resource.html
    [query] => Array
        (
            [foo] => bar
            [another] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 2
                    [1] => 3
                )

        )

    [fragment] => frag_link
)

```

URL class can autocast itself as the builded URL string :

```
echo "$url";
```

```
https://user:pass@www.alpha.beta.com:9080/path/to/resource.html?foo=bar&another%5B0%5D=2&another%5B1%5D=3#frag_link

```

Build or modify an URL
----------------------

[](#build-or-modify-an-url)

---

You can modify or build from scratch an URL altering the single components :

```
$url = new URL();

$url->host = 'caffeina.com';
$url->user = 'demo';

echo $url;
```

```
demo@caffeina.com

```

```
$url = new URL("ftps://test.com:9000/index.php");

$url->scheme = 'https';
$url->port = false;

echo $url;
```

```
https://test.com/index.php

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

---

#### Build a mailto address :

[](#build-a-mailto-address-)

```
$link = new URL('mailto://');
$link->user = 'info';
$link->host = 'myserver.com';

$link->query['subject'] = 'This is a subject';
$link->query['body'] = 'Hi! This is a test... :D';

echo $link;
```

```
mailto://info@myserver.com?subject=This+is+a+subject&body=Hi%21+This+is+a+test...+%3AD

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

2544d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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