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schivei/php-go
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php-go allows to call Go code from PHP, with minimal code boilerplate.

1.0.0(2y ago)6312MITCPHP >=8.0

Since Feb 27Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-go
======

[](#php-go)

php-go allows to call Go code from PHP, with minimal code boilerplate.

Goals:
------

[](#goals)

- Allow to *export* Go functions and Go constants from Go to PHP
- Be reliable and always safe
- Deploy Go code without re-building the PHP extension

DOING:
------

[](#doing)

- Support GoLang Http Requests

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can download this package using "go install". Then you can run:

```
go install github.com/schivei/php-go

```

NOTES:

- You need to have GoLang installed in your machine.
- php-go also requires PHP development headers to be installed.
- php-go needs CGO to be enabled.

When this is finished, go to your project directory and run:

```
php-go

```

You also can pass binary directory as argument:

```
php-go /path/to/bin

```

The extension will be built and placed in the current directory.

Then copy the resulting `phpgo.so` to your PHP extensions directory and add `extension=phpgo.so` to your php.ini.

Alternatively, you can use `phpgo.so` from the `bin` directory.

Note: php-go supports PHP 8+ (non-ZTS).

Also, you can use php composer to install this package:

```
composer require schivei/php-go

```

It will install the package and the extension will be placed in the `vendor/schivei/php-go` directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Exporting Go functions

[](#exporting-go-functions)

```
package main

import (
  "strings"
  "github.com/schivei/php-go/php"
)

// call php.Export() for its side effects
var _ = php.Export("example", map[string]interface{}{
  "toUpper": strings.ToUpper,
  "takeOverTheWorld": TakeOverTheWorld,
})

func TakeOverTheWorld() {
}

func main() {
}
```

The module can then be compiled as a shared library using `-buildmode c-shared`:

```
go build -o example.so -buildmode c-shared .

```

Note: Go **requires** that the module be a *main* package with a *main* function in this mode.

#### Using the module in PHP

[](#using-the-module-in-php)

```
// Create a class from the Go module, and return an instance of it
$module = phpgo_load("/path/to/example.so", "example");

// Call some method
$module->toUpper("foo");
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 63.3% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

811d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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