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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. visualappeal/php-auto-update ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) visualappeal/php-auto-update ============================ Autoupdater for PHP 1.0.3(8mo ago)24436.4k↓70.8%66[3 issues](https://github.com/VisualAppeal/PHP-Auto-Update/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/VisualAppeal/PHP-Auto-Update/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0CI failing Since Feb 14Pushed 8mo ago29 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/VisualAppeal/PHP-Auto-Update)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/visualappeal/php-auto-update)[ RSS](/packages/visualappeal-php-auto-update/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (29)Used By (0) [![PHPUnit](https://github.com/VisualAppeal/PHP-Auto-Update/actions/workflows/phpunit.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/VisualAppeal/PHP-Auto-Update/actions/workflows/phpunit.yml) With this library your users can automatically update their instance of your application to the newest version. I created it as a proof of concept and don't know if it is used somewhere. So please use this library with caution because it can potentially make your users software nonfunctional if something goes wrong. Installation ------------ [](#installation) - Install the library via composer [visualappeal/php-auto-update](https://packagist.org/packages/visualappeal/php-auto-update) - Create an update file/method in your application with your update routine (see `example/client/update/index.php`) - Create a `update.json` or `update.ini` on your server (where the client should get the updates, see `example/server/update.json` or `example/server/update.ini`) **Important: Please notice that PHP needs write permissions to update the files on the webserver** Example ------- [](#example) You can start an example docker container via `docker-compose up` and see the example by visiting `http://127.0.0.1:8080/example/client/` Client ------ [](#client) ### Caching [](#caching) The library supports the `desarrolla2/cache` component, and you should use it! Otherwise, the client will download the update ini/json file on every request. Server ------ [](#server) Your server needs at least one file which will be downloaded from the client to check for updates. This can be a json or an ini file. See `example/server/` for examples. The ini section key respectively the json key is the version. This library uses semantic versioning to compare the versions. See [semver.org](http://semver.org/) for details. The ini/json value is the absolute url to the update zip file. Since the library supports incremental updates, the zip file only need to contain the changes since the last version. The zip files do not need to be placed on the same server, they can be uploaded to S3 or another cloud storage, too. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) For the documentation see the comments in `src/AutoUpdate.php` or the example in the `example` directory. ### Health Score 54 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance60 Regular maintenance activity Popularity46 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community28 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity69 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~150 days Recently: every ~433 days Total 27 Last Release 256d ago Major Versions 0.15.0 → 1.0.02021-09-16 PHP version history (8 changes)0.9.0PHP >= 5.3.0 0.9.3PHP >= 5.5.9 0.9.7PHP >= 5.6.4 0.10.1PHP >= 7.0.0 0.12.0PHP >= 7.1.0 0.13.0PHP ^7.3.0 0.13.1PHP ^7.2.0 0.14.0PHP >=7.2.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/699106?v=4)[Tim Helfensdörfer](/maintainers/thelfensdrfer)[@thelfensdrfer](https://github.com/thelfensdrfer) --- Top Contributors [![fabiante](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7669818?v=4)](https://github.com/fabiante "fabiante (9 commits)")[![jitheshgopan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1967336?v=4)](https://github.com/jitheshgopan "jitheshgopan (6 commits)")[![migliori](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7558100?v=4)](https://github.com/migliori "migliori (3 commits)")[![omarhen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5448144?v=4)](https://github.com/omarhen "omarhen (2 commits)")[![Metallizzer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/691719?v=4)](https://github.com/Metallizzer "Metallizzer (2 commits)")[![tikky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546755?v=4)](https://github.com/tikky "tikky (1 commits)")[![0legKolomiets](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5287629?v=4)](https://github.com/0legKolomiets "0legKolomiets (1 commits)")[![ttimot24](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10697800?v=4)](https://github.com/ttimot24 "ttimot24 (1 commits)")[![janolivermr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11133832?v=4)](https://github.com/janolivermr "janolivermr (1 commits)")[![kieronsutton00](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16363185?v=4)](https://github.com/kieronsutton00 "kieronsutton00 (1 commits)")[![r23](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/396063?v=4)](https://github.com/r23 "r23 (1 commits)")[![robinflyhigh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/275138?v=4)](https://github.com/robinflyhigh "robinflyhigh (1 commits)") --- Tags auto-updatephp ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/visualappeal-php-auto-update/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/visualappeal-php-auto-update/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/visualappeal-php-auto-update) ``` ### Alternatives [matomo/matomo Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform 21.7k38.9k](/packages/matomo-matomo)[symfony/symfony The Symfony PHP framework 31.4k87.2M2.2k](/packages/symfony-symfony)[composer/composer Composer helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of PHP projects. 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