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scary-layer/exponent-server-sdk-php
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Server-side library for working with Expo push notifications using PHP

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exponent-server-sdk-php
=======================

[](#exponent-server-sdk-php)

Server-side library for working with Expo push notifications using PHP

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Usage
=====

[](#usage)

- Require the package in your project

```
composer require alymosul/exponent-server-sdk-php
```

- In a php file

```
    require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';

    $channelName = 'news';
    $recipient= 'ExponentPushToken[unique]';

    // You can quickly bootup an expo instance
    $expo = \ExponentPhpSDK\Expo::normalSetup();

    // Subscribe the recipient to the server
    $expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient);

    // Build the notification data
    $notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!'];

    // Notify an interest with a notification
    $expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);
```

Data can be added to notifications by providing it as a JSON object. For example:

```
// Build the notification data
$notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!', 'data'=> json_encode(array('someData' => 'goes here'))];
```

Channel name
============

[](#channel-name)

You can use channels to send a notification to only one user, or to a group of users:

One recipient
-------------

[](#one-recipient)

In order to target one recipient (and avoid sending a notification to the wrong recipient), use a channel name specific to each user:

```
$channelName = 'user_528491';
$recipient = 'ExponentPushToken[unique]';

// …

// Subscribe the recipient to the server
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient);

// …

// Notify an interest with a notification, only one recipient will receive it
$expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);
```

Several recipients
------------------

[](#several-recipients)

Declare a channel name that will be shared between the recipients:

```
$channelName = 'group_4815';

$recipient1 = 'ExponentPushToken[unique1]';
$recipient2 = 'ExponentPushToken[unique2]';

// …

// Subscribe the recipients to the server
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient1);
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient2);

// …

// Notify an interest with a notification, the 2 recipients will receive it
$expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);
```

```
// Build the notification data
$notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!', 'data'=> json_encode(array('someData' => 'goes here'))];
```

Additional security
===================

[](#additional-security)

If you set up enhanced security in your Expo Dashboard (as described [here](https://docs.expo.io/push-notifications/sending-notifications/#additional-security)), you will need to attach an authorization token to each push request:

```
    // ...

    // Bootup an expo instance
    $expo = \ExponentPhpSDK\Expo::normalSetup();

    // Fetch your access token from where you stored it
    $accessToken = 'your_expo_access_token';

    // The access token will be attached to every push request you make hereafter
    $expo->setAccessToken($accessToken);

    // Notify an interest with a notification
    $expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);
```

TODO
====

[](#todo)

- Need to create tests

Laravel driver
==============

[](#laravel-driver)

- There's an expo notifications driver built for laravel apps that's ready to use, you can find it here..

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

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**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 ~286 days

Recently: every ~257 days

Total

6

Last Release

1782d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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