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purplecode/pcurl
================

CURL wrapper for PHP >= 5.3

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Since Aug 3Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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php.curl
========

[](#phpcurl)

**PCurl** is a PHP client library for [RESTful](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer)web services.

PCurl supports GET/POST/PUT/DELETE request methods. Unlike other similar libaries supports also HTTPS certificates verification.

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

To install PCurl, use the following composer `require` statement:

```
{
    "require": {
        "purplecode/pcurl": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

or just copy-paste content of `src/` to your `libs`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### PCurl.php

[](#pcurlphp)

Simple GET

```
$pcurl = new PCurl('http://www.google.pl');
$response = $pcurl->get('/')->getBody();

```

Simple GET via HTTPS with certificate verification (more examples in test package)

```
$pcurl = new PCurl('https://www.google.pl');
$pcurl->useSSLCertificate();
$response = $pcurl->get('/')->getBody();

```

and a similar example without it

```
$pcurl = new PCurl('https://www.google.pl');
$pcurl->ignoreSSLCertificate();
$response = $pcurl->get('/')->getBody();

```

Sample POST

```
$pcurl = new PCurl('http://some.fancy.page');
$pcurl->proxy(host, port);
$pcurl->auth(user, pass);
$pcurl->header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
$pcurl->contentType('application/xml');
$response = $pcurl->post('/igipigiel/xml', 'makapaka')->getBody();

```

### PJsonCurl.php

[](#pjsoncurlphp)

Class similar to PCurl, the only difference is that the input/output is passed through json\_encode/json\_decode.

```
$pcurl = new PJsonCurl('http://www.app.com/json');
$response = $pcurl->put('/', array('a' => 'b'));
echo $response->getBody()['c'];

```

### PObjectCurl.php

[](#pobjectcurlphp)

Class similar to PJsonCurl, the difference is that the input/output is passed through serialize/deserialize methods. Requires [JMS\\Serializer](https://github.com/schmittjoh/serializer) library or [JMSSerializerBundle](https://github.com/schmittjoh/JMSSerializerBundle) Symfony2 bundle.

```
$pcurl = new PObjectCurl('http://www.prettifier.com/json', JMS\Serializer\SerializerInterface $serializer);
$pcurl->responseClass('My\App\Preety');
$uglyObject =  new My\App\Ugly();
$preetyObject = $pcurl->put('/', $uglyObject)->getBody();

```

Enjoy!

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.2% 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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Top Contributors

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