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

Websockets for PHP using Rx

2.3.0(8mo ago)35182.6k↑217.9%9[1 issues](https://github.com/RxPHP/RxWebsocket/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/RxPHP/RxWebsocket/pulls)2MITPHPCI failing

Since Jan 27Pushed 8mo 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

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

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

249d 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)

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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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