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up9cloud/engine.io-php-client
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The php client for \[engine.io\](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io).

2.0.2(6y ago)1572[4 PRs](https://github.com/up9cloud/engine.io-php-client/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7

Since Feb 27Pushed 3y agoCompare

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engine.io-php-client
====================

[](#engineio-php-client)

The php client for [engine.io](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io).

versionengine.io versionv1v1v2v2, v3Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require up9cloud/engine.io-php-client
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
use eio\Client;

$client = new Client('ws://localhost:9527');
$client->send(json_encode([
	'channel'=>'all',
	'message'=>'helloworld'
]));
```

### Advanced

[](#advanced)

```
require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
use eio\Client;

$options = [
	// TODO: see src/Transport.php
];
// builtin debug method
$debug = true;

// custom debug method
$debug = function ($time, $messages){
	printf('[%.4f]: %s' . PHP_EOL, $time, $messages);
};
$client = new Client($uri, $options, $debug);
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~71 days

Total

4

Last Release

2425d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02019-09-28

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.5.9

2.0.0PHP >=7

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cdbd9c5a64b83d51838f917da9f97014f3b56ab8d011d160a4f4f1dbce26e4df?d=identicon)[up9cloud](/maintainers/up9cloud)

---

Top Contributors

[![up9cloud](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8325632?v=4)](https://github.com/up9cloud "up9cloud (4 commits)")

---

Tags

websocketSocket.ioengine.io

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