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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. pushkar/php-useful ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) pushkar/php-useful ================== Contains various classes and functions to many common tasks in PHP. v3.0.1(6y ago)2755[1 issues](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=7.3 Since Jun 8Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pushkar/php-useful)[ Docs](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful)[ RSS](/packages/pushkar-php-useful/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4d ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (1)Versions (19)Used By (1) php-useful ========== [](#php-useful) A library of all commonly used PHP things. [Functions.php](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful/blob/master/src/Functions.php): has some most used functions [EasyHeaders.php](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful/blob/master/src/EasyHeaders.php): has methods to easily set headers [Curl.php](https://github.com/pushkar-anand/php-useful/blob/master/src/Curl.php): a wrapper for PHP ext-curl. Installation ------------ [](#installation) Use composer `composer require pushkar/php-useful` Or download the source and include mannualy Usage ----- [](#usage) When using composer require the autoload file at the start of the php script ``` require_once __DIR__ . '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php'; ``` Add the namespace ``` use PhpUseful\Functions; // for using the Functions class use PhpUseful\EasyHeaders; // for using the EasyHeader class use PhpUseful\Curl; // for using the Curl class; ``` All the methods are static except in the Curl class so you can directly use them without creating the class object. #### Functions class [](#functions-class) Example usage ``` $random_ str = Functions::randomString(int $length); ``` All the class methods are listed below. ``` static function randomString(int $length): string // returns a random string of given length static function escapeInput(string $input): string // returns escaped string for the given input string ``` #### EasyHeaders [](#easyheaders) For using methods from Easy class ``` EasyHeaders::not_found(); ``` All the class methods are listed below. ``` /** * Sends a 301 MOVED PERMANENTLY header. */ static function moved_permanently() /** * Sends a 302 FOUND header. */ static function found() /** * Sends a 400 BAD REQUEST header. */ static function bad_request() /** * Sends a 401 UNAUTHORIZED header. */ static function unauthorized() /** * Sends a 403 FORBIDDEN header. */ static function forbidden() /** * Sends a 404 NOT FOUND header. */ static function not_found() /** * Sends a 408 REQUEST TIMEOUT header. */ static function request_timeout() /** * Sends a 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR header. */ static function server_error() /** * Sends a 501 NOT IMPLEMENTED header. */ static function not_implemented() /** * Sends a 502 BAD GATEWAY header. */ static function bad_gateway() /** * Sends a 503 SERVICE UNAVAULABLE header. */ static function service_unavailable() /** * Sends a 504 GATEWAY TIMEOUT header. */ static function gateway_timeout() /** * Sends a 422 Unprocessable Entity header. */ static function unprocessable_entity() /** * Sends a Content-Type: application/json header. */ static function json_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: application/pdf header. */ static function pdf_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: application/xml header. */ static function xml_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: application/force-download header. */ static function download_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: text-html header. */ static function html_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: text/css header. */ static function css_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: text/javascript header. */ static function js_header() /** * Sends a Content-Type: text/plain header. */ static function text_header() ``` #### Curl class [](#curl-class) Example usage ``` require_once __DIR__ . '/path/to/vendor/autoload.php'; use PhpUseful\Curl; $curl = new Curl(); $curl->setUrl('http://example.com'); $curl->execute(); ``` All methods ``` //Required. sets the url for the curl request. Throws Exception on invalid url. function setUrl(string $url) // Set headers for the curl request function setHeaders(array $headers) // when set to true it return the result of the curl_exec() as a string instead of outputting it directly. function setReturn(bool $bool) // when set to true POST method is used for the curl request function usePost(bool $bool) // set data to be sent via POST. For this to work usePost() should be set to true function setArrayPostData(array $data) // set data to be sent via POST. For this to work usePost() should be set to true function setStringPostData(string $data) // set the port number which will be used for the request function setPort(int $port) // set the max number of redirects that this request will follow function setMaxRedirects(int $max) // set the timeout for this request (in seconds) function setTimeout(int $timeout) // set the username and password to be used for HTTP authentication function setCredentials(string $username, string $password) // set any valid CURL option in case a helper method isn't present function setOption(int $option, mixed $value) // Call this after setting all url, headers, method & data function execute() // return the headers sent for the curl request. function getSentHeader() // return the reponse. Will work only when setReturn() is set to true. function getResult() ``` ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 68% of packages Maintenance16 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity15 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 89.1% 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. 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