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simbiot1954/nats
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A nats.io client in PHP

0.8.7.2(8y ago)02.0kMITPHP

Since Jun 28Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

A PHP client for the [NATS messaging system](https://nats.io).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- php 7.1+
- [gnatsd](https://github.com/apcera/gnatsd)

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

```
$client = new \Nats\Connection();
$client->connect();

// Publish Subscribe

// Simple Subscriber.
$client->subscribe(
    'foo',
    function ($message) {
        printf("Data: %s\r\n", $message->getBody());
    }
);

// Simple Publisher.
$client->publish('foo', 'Marty McFly');

// Wait for 1 message.
$client->wait(1);

// Request Response

// Responding to requests.
$sid = $client->subscribe(
    'sayhello',
    function ($message) {
        $message->reply('Reply: Hello, '.$message->getBody().' !!!');
    }
);

// Request.
$client->request(
    'sayhello',
    'Marty McFly',
    function ($message) {
        echo $message->getBody();
    }
);
```

### Encoded Connections

[](#encoded-connections)

```
$encoder = new \Nats\Encoders\JSONEncoder();
$options = new \Nats\ConnectionOptions();
$client = new \Nats\EncodedConnection($options, $encoder);
$client->connect();

// Publish Subscribe

// Simple Subscriber.
$client->subscribe(
    'foo',
    function ($payload) {
        printf("Data: %s\r\n", $payload->getBody()[1]);
    }
);

// Simple Publisher.
$client->publish(
    'foo',
    [
     'Marty',
     'McFly',
    ]
);

// Wait for 1 message.
$client->wait(1);

// Request Response

// Responding to requests.
$sid = $client->subscribe(
    'sayhello',
    function ($message) {
        $message->reply('Reply: Hello, '.$message->getBody()[1].' !!!');
    }
);

// Request.
$client->request(
    'sayhello',
    [
     'Marty',
     'McFly',
    ],
    function ($message) {
        echo $message->getBody();
    }
);
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80.6% 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 ~34 days

Recently: every ~71 days

Total

31

Last Release

2995d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5832702?v=4)[JBI](/maintainers/SimBioT)[@simbiot](https://github.com/simbiot)

---

Top Contributors

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