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rx/websocket
============

Websockets for PHP using Rx

2.3.0(9mo ago)34182.9k↑203.3%9[1 issues](https://github.com/RxPHP/RxWebsocket/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/RxPHP/RxWebsocket/pulls)2MITPHPCI failing

Since Jan 27Pushed 9mo ago4 watchersCompare

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Rx\\Websocket is a PHP Websocket library.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Client

[](#client)

```
$client = new \Rx\Websocket\Client('ws://127.0.0.1:9191/');

$client->subscribe(
    function (\Rx\Websocket\MessageSubject $ms) {
        $ms->subscribe(
            function ($message) {
                echo $message . "\n";
            }
        );

        $sayHello = function () use ($ms) {
            $ms->onNext('Hello');
        };

        $sayHello();
        \EventLoop\addPeriodicTimer(5, $sayHello);
    },
    function ($error) {
        // connection errors here
    },
    function () {
        // stopped trying to connect here
    }
);
```

#### An Echo Server

[](#an-echo-server)

```
$server = new \Rx\Websocket\Server('127.0.0.1:9191');

$server->subscribe(function (\Rx\Websocket\MessageSubject $cs) {
    $cs->subscribe($cs);
});
```

#### Server that dumps everything to the console

[](#server-that-dumps-everything-to-the-console)

```
$server = new \Rx\Websocket\Server('127.0.0.1:9191');

$server->subscribe(function (\Rx\Websocket\MessageSubject $cs) {
    $cs->subscribe(function ($message) {
        echo $message;
    });
});
```

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

[](#installation)

Using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

`composer require rx/websocket`

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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 ~197 days

Recently: every ~364 days

Total

19

Last Release

295d ago

Major Versions

0.10.0 → 1.0.02017-03-21

1.0.2 → 2.0.02017-09-12

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/748287?v=4)[Matt Bonneau](/maintainers/mbonneau)[@mbonneau](https://github.com/mbonneau)

---

Top Contributors

[![mbonneau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/748287?v=4)](https://github.com/mbonneau "mbonneau (50 commits)")[![davidwdan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4969183?v=4)](https://github.com/davidwdan "davidwdan (10 commits)")[![WyriHaximus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/147145?v=4)](https://github.com/WyriHaximus "WyriHaximus (4 commits)")[![Ocramius](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/154256?v=4)](https://github.com/Ocramius "Ocramius (1 commits)")

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Tags

phprxrxphpwebsocket-clientwebsocket-serverwebsocketswebsocketWebSocketsrfc6455reactreactiverxrx.php

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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