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themainframe/serially
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Talk to serial devices in PHP

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Serially
========

[](#serially)

Talk to serial devices in PHP from various\* platforms.

Getting It
----------

[](#getting-it)

Get [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). Make your project require Serially.

```
composer require themainframe/serially dev-master

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

The `ConnectionManager` class enables you to write platform-portable code against Serially by abstracting the platform detection process away from your code.

The `getConnection` method returns an connection instance implementing `ConnectionInterface` suitable for the current platform.

```
$manager = new ConnectionManager;
$connection = $manager->getConnection('/dev/ttyS0');
$connection->writeLine('Hello from PHP');

```

Logging
-------

[](#logging)

Debugging serial devices and the communication between them can be difficult. Serially logs to a [PSR-3](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-3-logger-interface.md)-conformant `LoggerInterface` to make the process easier.

```
// $myLogger implements LoggerInterface
// Connections created with this manager will be logged to $myLogger
$manager->setLogger($myLogger);

```

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

**Reading** bytes from serial ports is a challenge in PHP. Depending on the platform, you may observe that data received before `readLine()` or `readByte()` is called may or may not be available.

**Platform** agility is a work-in-progress. The `PlatformSpecific` namespace contains platform-specific connection implementations (of `ConnectionInterface`) for Mac OS X (Darwin) and Linux. A Windows one may emerge soon.

Attributions & Thanks
-------------------------

[](#attributions--thanks)

- Heavilly inspired by rubberneck's [php-serial](https://github.com/rubberneck/php-serial/).

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

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