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unikent/curl
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Laravel Curl Helper Library.

5.0.8(10y ago)1442.4k10MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Dec 7Pushed 10y ago19 watchersCompare

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Laravel-cURL
============

[](#laravel-curl)

Laravel-cURL is a library born out of Codeigniter-cURL by Phil\[\] which makes it easy to do simple cURL requests and makes more complicated cURL requests easier too.

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

[](#requirements)

1. PHP 5.1+
2. Laravel 3
3. PHP 5 (configured with cURL enabled)
4. libcurl

Features
--------

[](#features)

- POST/GET/PUT/DELETE requests over HTTP
- HTTP Authentication
- Follows redirects
- Returns error string
- Provides debug information
- Proxy support
- Cookies

Download
--------

[](#download)

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
$this->curl = New Curl;

```

### Simple calls

[](#simple-calls)

These do it all in one line of code to make life easy. They return the body of the page, or FALSE on fail.

```
// Simple call to remote URL
echo $this->curl->simple_get('http://example.com/');

// Simple call to CI URI
$this->curl->simple_post('controller/method', array('foo'=>'bar'));

// Set advanced options in simple calls
// Can use any of these flags http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

$this->curl->simple_get('http://example.com', array(CURLOPT_PORT => 8080));
$this->curl->simple_post('http://example.com', array('foo'=>'bar'), array(CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE => 10));

```

### Advanced calls

[](#advanced-calls)

These methods allow you to build a more complex request.

```
// Start session (also wipes existing/previous sessions)
$this->curl->create('http://example.com/');

// Option & Options
$this->curl->option(CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE, 10);
$this->curl->options(array(CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE => 10));

// More human looking options
$this->curl->option('buffersize', 10);

// Login to HTTP user authentication
$this->curl->http_login('username', 'password');

// Post - If you do not use post, it will just run a GET request
$post = array('foo'=>'bar');
$this->curl->post($post);

// Cookies - If you do not use post, it will just run a GET request
$vars = array('foo'=>'bar');
$this->curl->set_cookies($vars);

// Proxy - Request the page through a proxy server
// Port is optional, defaults to 80
$this->curl->proxy('http://example.com', 1080);
$this->curl->proxy('http://example.com');

// Proxy login
$this->curl->proxy_login('username', 'password');

// Execute - returns responce
echo $this->curl->execute();

// Debug data ------------------------------------------------

// Errors
$this->curl->error_code; // int
$this->curl->error_string;

// Information
$this->curl->info; // array

```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~11 days

Total

3

Last Release

3988d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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