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sclinternet/scl-whois
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Library for performing whois lookups on domain names

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WHOIS Server Lookup Library
===========================

[](#whois-server-lookup-library)

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Performs a whois lookup on a given domain name.

Requires
--------

[](#requires)

[sclinternet/SclSocket](https://github.com/SCLInternet/SclSocket "sclinternet/SclSocket on GitHub")

Intallation
-----------

[](#intallation)

Add the following to your `composer.json` file

```
{
    "require": {
        "sclinternet/scl-whois": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create an instance of the DomainLookup object passing in a `SclSocket\SocketInterface` and call lookup().

```
$whois = new \SclWhois\DomainLookup(new \SclSocket\Socket);

echo $whois->lookup('google.com');
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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