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sgmendez/socialcount
====================

A PHP library get share count from social networks

v1.0.2(11y ago)4322BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Apr 1Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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Introduction
============

[](#introduction)

---

This PHP library get the share count for URI in Social Networks, like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, ...

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

---

This library require: - PHP 5.3.3 or higher - sgmendez/json 1.0 or higher

Installation
============

[](#installation)

---

You can use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to use this library in your application.

If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on  or just run the following command:

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

```

And then execute this command to add libary to your project:

```
$ composer require sgmendez/socialcount

```

Or require [`sgmendez/socialcount`](http://)into your `composer.json` file:

```
json
{
    "require": {
        "sgmendez/socialcount": "*"
    }
}

```

Tests
=====

[](#tests)

---

You can run the PHPUnit tests, in directory tests execute:

```
$ php phpunit.phar .

```

In this directory there are a copy of phpunit.phar for execution test

Examples
========

[](#examples)

---

```
php

$socialCount = new SocialCount();

$url = 'http://www.sgmendez.com/';

$fb = $socialCount->getCountFacebook($url);
$tw = $socialCount->getCountTwitter($url);
$li = $socialCount->getCountLinkedin($url);
$go = $socialCount->getCountGoogle($url);

echo 'FB: '.$fb.' | TW: '.$tw.' | LI: '.$li.' | GO: '.$go;

```

License
=======

[](#license)

---

Licensed under the BSD License:

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~1 days

Total

6

Last Release

4060d ago

Major Versions

v0.0.3 → v1.0.02015-04-06

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dec03a9334094d8f6c26ebf237d2772661bb85161ab6811b0b8ebc40690bddc6?d=identicon)[sgmendez](/maintainers/sgmendez)

---

Top Contributors

[![sgmendez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/464341?v=4)](https://github.com/sgmendez "sgmendez (11 commits)")

---

Tags

facebooktwitterlinkedinsharegooglepluscount

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