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vielhuber/ewshelper
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Manage exchange contacts with a breeze.

1.1.9(1mo ago)122MITPHPPHP >=8.1

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📇 ewshelper 📇
=============

[](#-ewshelper-)

ewshelper is a little wrapper around a patched version of [php-ews](https://github.com/jamesiarmes/php-ews) and helps you manage your exchange contacts via php.
it can handle very big lists also helps you normalize your contacts data.

installation
------------

[](#installation)

install once with [composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require vielhuber/ewshelper

```

then add this to your files:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use vielhuber\ewshelper\ewshelper;
$ewshelper = new ewshelper('**host**', '**username**', '**password**');
```

usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### get all contacts

[](#get-all-contacts)

```
$ewshelper->getContacts();
```

#### get contact by id

[](#get-contact-by-id)

```
$ewshelper->getContact('**id**');
```

#### normalize name and phones

[](#normalize-name-and-phones)

```
$ewshelper->normalizeData();
```

#### remove duplicates

[](#remove-duplicates)

```
$ewshelper->removeDuplicates();
```

#### add a new contact

[](#add-a-new-contact)

```
$ewshelper->addContact([
    'first_name' => 'Max',
    'last_name' => 'Mustermann',
    'company_name' => 'Musterfirma',
    'emails' => ['max@mustermann.de'],
    'phones' => ['private' => ['0123456789'], 'business' => ['9876543210']],
    'url' => 'https://www.mustermann.de',
    'categories' => ['test']
]);
```

#### update a contact

[](#update-a-contact)

```
$ewshelper->updateContact('**id**', [
    'first_name' => 'Max',
    'last_name' => 'Mustermann',
    'company_name' => 'Musterfirma',
    'emails' => ['max@mustermann.de'],
    'phones' => ['private' => ['0123456789'], 'business' => ['9876543210']],
    'url' => 'https://www.mustermann.de',
    'categories' => ['test']
]);
```

#### remove a contact

[](#remove-a-contact)

```
$ewshelper->removeContact('**id**');
```

#### sync contacts

[](#sync-contacts)

the following helper function gets all exchange contacts in category `test`,
deletes those that are not present in the provided array and creates those that don't exist yet in exchange.

```
$ewshelper->syncContacts('test', [
    [
        'first_name' => 'Max',
        'last_name' => 'Mustermann',
        'company_name' => 'Musterfirma',
        'emails' => ['max@mustermann.de'],
        'phones' => ['private' => ['0123456789'], 'business' => ['9876543210']],
        'url' => 'https://www.mustermann.de',
        'categories' => ['test']
    ],
    [
        'first_name' => 'Erika',
        'last_name' => 'Mustermann',
        'company_name' => 'Musterfirma',
        'emails' => ['erika@mustermann.de'],
        'phones' => ['private' => ['0123456789'], 'business' => ['9876543210']],
        'url' => 'https://www.mustermann.de',
        'categories' => ['test']
    ]
]);
```

note on outlook
---------------

[](#note-on-outlook)

when deleting phone numbers or making a lot of changes to existing contacts,
it is recommended to use the function [clear offline items](https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/outlook/1749-outlook-clear-offline-items-undo.html).

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

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 ~121 days

Recently: every ~39 days

Total

20

Last Release

42d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6

1.1.7PHP >=8.1

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Maintainers

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