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sokil/php-sphinxsearch
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php-sphinxsearch
================

[](#php-sphinxsearch)

PHP wrapper to sphinx search pecl extension. Working with search results as objects.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You need to have sphinx pecl extension installed. For Ubuntu or Debian based distributives:

```
$ sudo apt-get install php5-dev php-pear libsphinxclient-dev
$ sudo pecl install sphinx

```

Add requirement to your composer:

```
{
    "require": {
        "sokil/php-sphinxsearch": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$qf = new QueryFactory('127.0.0.1', '23023');

$resultSet = $qf->find()
    ->in('idx_posts')
    ->match('If you can')
    ->fetch();
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4441d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/902e21ecf6517341b1f2a3c2f93a3eb115396fc6524effaeabc816b481909e64?d=identicon)[sokil](/maintainers/sokil)

---

Top Contributors

[![sokil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1829948?v=4)](https://github.com/sokil "sokil (30 commits)")

---

Tags

phpsphinxsphinx-search

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