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seijikun/php-sonic
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PHP client for the Sonic fulltext search engine

0.0.3(6y ago)318MPL-2.0PHP

Since Mar 28Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-sonic
=========

[](#php-sonic)

Synchronous PHP client library for the sonic search backend. The client is as simple as possible, in only a single file.

API
---

[](#api)

Sonic requires one to choose the type/mode of a session per connection, with no possibility of changing the selected mode later on. This results in the following API-Design: When connecting to Sonic, one chooses between the three classes `SearchSession`, `IngestSession`, `ControlSession`, of which each resembles one possible mode of operation for Sonic:

### Ingest

[](#ingest)

```
$client = new \SonicSearch\IngestSession('localhost', 1491, 'SecretPassword');
try {
        $client->connect();
} catch(\SonicSearch\SonicUnreachableException $e) {
        echo "Failed to connect to Sonic:";
        var_dump($e);
        exit;
}

// Ping sonic (to keep the session alive, e.g.)
$client->ping();

/* Ask sonic to clear the messages index */
$client->flush('messages');
// To delete more specific paths:
$client->flush('messages', 'default');
$client->flush('messages', 'default', 'conversation:x1337x');

/* Let's imagine having a chat conversation and push some messages into Sonic's index */
$client->push('messages', 'default', 'conversation:x1337x', 'Sonic sounds interesting. Lets see how it performs as backend for nextcluods fulltextsearch framework!');
$client->push('messages', 'default', 'conversation:x1337x', 'Haha nice idea! Elasticsearch is damned slow!');

/* Let's ask Sonic to count some stuff for us */
echo "Amount of collections: " . $client->count('messages');
echo "Amount of conversations: " . $client->count('messages', 'default');
echo "Amount of Terms in conversation: " . $client->count('messages', 'default', 'conversation:x1337x');
```

### Search

[](#search)

```
$client = new \SonicSearch\SearchSession('localhost', 1491, 'SecretPassword');
try {
        $client->connect();
} catch(\SonicSearch\SonicUnreachableException $e) {
        echo "Failed to connect to Sonic:";
        var_dump($e);
        exit;
}

// Ping sonic (to keep the session alive, e.g.)
$client->ping();

// Query Sonic
$results = $client->query('messages', 'default', 'Elasticsearch slow');
var_dump($results);

// Let Sonic suggest auto-completion for some words
var_dump($client->suggest('messages', 'default', 'So', 1));
```

### Control

[](#control)

```
$client = new \SonicSearch\SearchSession('localhost', 1491, 'SecretPassword');
try {
        $client->connect();
} catch(\SonicSearch\SonicUnreachableException $e) {
        echo "Failed to connect to Sonic:";
        var_dump($e);
        exit;
}

// Ping sonic (to keep the session alive, e.g.)
$client->ping();

// Query Sonic
$results = $client->query('messages', 'default', 'Elasticsearch slow');
var_dump($results);

// Let Sonic suggest auto-completion for some words
var_dump($client->suggest('messages', 'default', 'So', 1));
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

2551d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2e868906ac3227d3dbaf43f17524b3be3c8016a78402b618f8ffa4d295a7d677?d=identicon)[seijikun](/maintainers/seijikun)

---

Top Contributors

[![seijikun](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/820845?v=4)](https://github.com/seijikun "seijikun (12 commits)")

---

Tags

fulltext-indexesfulltext-searchphpsonictcpsearchfulltextsonicfulltextsearch

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