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rjr/curl
========

RuanJiaran-CURL class for PHP

v0.2(7y ago)016MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Oct 30Pushed 7y agoCompare

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PHP Curl Class
==============

[](#php-curl-class)

This library provides an object-oriented wrapper of the PHP cURL extension.

If you have questions or problems with installation or usage [create an Issue](https://github.com/php-mod/curl/issues).

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

[](#installation)

In order to install this library via composer run the following command in the console:

```
composer require rjr/curl
```

or add the package manually to your composer.json file in the require section:

```
"rjr/curl": "^1.5"
```

Usage examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->get('http://www.example.com/');
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->get('http://www.example.com/search', array(
    'q' => 'keyword',
));
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->post('http://www.example.com/login/', array(
    'username' => 'myusername',
    'password' => 'mypassword',
));
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->setBasicAuthentication('username', 'password');
$curl->setUserAgent('');
$curl->setReferrer('');
$curl->setHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
$curl->setCookie('key', 'value');
$curl->get('http://www.example.com/');

if ($curl->error) {
    echo $curl->error_code;
}
else {
    echo $curl->response;
}

var_dump($curl->request_headers);
var_dump($curl->response_headers);
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
$curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
$curl->get('https://encrypted.example.com/');
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->put('http://api.example.com/user/', array(
    'first_name' => 'Zach',
    'last_name' => 'Borboa',
));
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->patch('http://api.example.com/profile/', array(
    'image' => '@path/to/file.jpg',
));
```

```
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
$curl->delete('http://api.example.com/user/', array(
    'id' => '1234',
));
```

```
$curl->close();
```

```
// Example access to curl object.
curl_set_opt($curl->curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1');
curl_close($curl->curl);
```

```
// Example of downloading a file or any other content
$curl = new Rjr\Curl();
// open the file where the request response should be written
$file_handle = fopen($target_file, 'w+');
// pass it to the curl resource
$curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_FILE, $file_handle);
// do any type of request
$curl->get('https://github.com');
// disable writing to file
$curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_FILE, null);
// close the file for writing
fclose($file_handle);
```

\## Testing

In order to test the library:

1. Create a fork
2. Clone the fork to your machine
3. Install the depencies `composer install`
4. Run the unit tests `./vendor/bin/phpunit tests`

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

2752d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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