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simple-ipc/php-symplib
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Synchronous Message Passing Framework for PHP

v1.0.1(1y ago)08.1k↓34.6%[1 issues](https://github.com/vrza/php-symplib/issues)1BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=7.1

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Synchronous Message Passing framework for PHP
=============================================

[](#synchronous-message-passing-framework-for-php)

User-friendly, object-oriented API for message passing between PHP processes.

Stream sockets are used as message passing channels. A single server can listen for and handle messages on multiple channels, which can include any mix of Unix domain sockets and TCP/IP (v4 and v6).

Protocol
--------

[](#protocol)

Messages use a simple wire protocol, where the first 8 bytes of the message specify the length of the rest of the message (unsigned, big endian).

The payload of the message is provided by the user. Serialization format etc. is left to user’s choice.

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

See full working examples in the `test/` directory.

### Simple server

[](#simple-server)

```
class MyMessageHandler implements MessageHandler {
    public function handleMessage(string $msg): string {
        return "Hello, client, I received: $msg";
    }
}

$handler = new MyMessageHandler();
$address = new InetSocketAddress('127.0.0.1', 1389, AF_INET);
$server = new SocketStreamsServer([
    new SocketData($address, $handler)
]);

$server->listen();
while (true)
    $server->checkMessages(1);
```

### Simple client

[](#simple-client)

```
$address = new InetSocketAddress('127.0.0.1', 1389);
$client = new SocketStreamClient($address);

$client->connect();
$client->sendMessage("Hello, server!");
$response = $client->receiveMessage();
echo $response . PHP_EOL;
$client->disconnect();
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance53

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~165 days

Total

2

Last Release

653d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b842fcccb4fa8eb90b6d6645e9fe1066b59ca01b3c38aa90c3b80a5ce07d02fe?d=identicon)[vrza](/maintainers/vrza)

---

Top Contributors

[![vrza](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1699472?v=4)](https://github.com/vrza "vrza (57 commits)")

---

Tags

socketsipc

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