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uwdoem/connection
=================

Helper library for connecting to the university's x.509 secured web services

3.0.0(8y ago)0873↓88.9%[2 issues](https://github.com/UWEnrollmentManagement/Connection/issues)4PHP

Since Dec 16Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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UWDOEM/Connection
=================

[](#uwdoemconnection)

Connection is a PHP helper library for connecting to the university's x.509 secured web services. Connection is used by [uwdoem/person](https://github.com/UWEnrollmentManagement/Person) to connect to the university's person and student web services.

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

[](#installation)

You can use *Connection* directly by including it in your `composer.json` file `require` statements:

```
  "require": {
    ...
    "uwdoem/connection": "2.*",
    ...
  },

```

Of course it is possible to use *Connection* without Composer by downloading it directly, but use of Composer to manage packages is highly recommended. See [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) for more information.

Troubleshooting
---------------

[](#troubleshooting)

This library *will* throw warnings and exceptions when it recognizes an error. Turn on error reporting to see these. The following conditions will halt execution:

### cURL Error Code 77

[](#curl-error-code-77)

**Problem**: cURL cannot find the UWCA root certificate to verify the identify of the PWS/SWS servers.

**Solution**: Download the [.crt root CA bundle](http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html) to your server, ensure that your web-server process has read access to this bundle, and uncomment/edit the `curl.cainfo` line in your *php.ini* to reflect the location of this bundle.

### cURL Error Code 58

[](#curl-error-code-58)

**Problem**: cURL is having a problem using your private key.

**Solution**: You may have provided an incorrect private key password to `::createConnection`. If your private key requires a password, provide one, and ensure that it is correct.

### No such file found for SSL key/certificate

[](#no-such-file-found-for-ssl-keycertificate)

**Problem**: Connection cannot find the key and/or certificate at the path you provided to `::createConnection`.

**Solution**: Ensure that you provided the correct path to these files and that your web-server process has read-access to these files.

### Incorrect password for SSL key, but you're providing the correct SSL key password

[](#incorrect-password-for-ssl-key-but-youre-providing-the-correct-ssl-key-password)

**Problem**: This might be caused by a bug in the system cURL, which might cache your SSL keys; it seems that cURL can confuse these keys and use apply the wrong password to a key.

**Solution**: Only use one SSL key on one server, or make all SSL keys passwordless.

### Script execution halts/no output

[](#script-execution-haltsno-output)

**Problem**: This might be caused by an internal error in cURL while accessing your private key/certificate which causes PHP to die unexpectedly.

**Solution**: I was able to solve this by setting permissions on my key/certificate to read only. Specifically, I turned off write access for all parties.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.5, 5.6, 7.0
- cURL

Todo
----

[](#todo)

See GitHub [issue tracker](https://github.com/UWEnrollmentManagement/Connection/issues/).

Getting Involved
----------------

[](#getting-involved)

Feel free to open pull requests or issues. [GitHub](https://github.com/UWEnrollmentManagement/Connection) is the canonical location of this project.

Here's the general sequence of events for code contribution:

1. Open an issue in the [issue tracker](https://github.com/UWEnrollmentManagement/Connection/issues/).
2. In any order:

- Submit a pull request with a **failing** test that demonstrates the issue/feature.
- Get acknowledgement/concurrence.

3. Revise your pull request to pass the test in (2). Include documentation, if appropriate.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.3% 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 ~87 days

Recently: every ~159 days

Total

9

Last Release

3147d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02015-12-16

2.2.1 → 3.0.02017-11-15

### Community

Maintainers

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