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willwashburn/stream
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model a sequence of data elements made available over time

v1.0.0(10y ago)4994.0k↓16.9%2MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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[](#stream-rowboat----)

> model a sequence of data elements made available over time

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Write and read (or peek) from a string of characters.

```
$stream = new \WillWashburn\Stream\Stream();
$stream->write('foo');

$stream->read(3); //foo

$stream->write('bar');
$stream->write('bang');

$stream->read(4); // barb
$stream->peek(3); // ang
$stream->read(3); // ang
```

I mostly use this when buffering responses from curl requests.

```
$stream = new WillWashburn\Stream\Stream;

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, function ($ch, $str) use (& $stream, $url) {

   $stream->write($str);

   try {
       // do something with the stream
       $characters = $stream->read(100);

       // tell curl to stop the transfer when we find what we're looking for
       if(strpos($characters,'string im looking for') !==false) {
           return -1;
       }
   }
   catch (StreamBufferTooSmallException $e) {
       // The buffer ended, so keep getting more
       return strlen($str);
   }

   //  We return -1 to abort the transfer when we have enough buffered
   return -1;
});
```

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

[](#installation)

Use composer

`composer require willwashburn/stream`

Alternatively, add `"willwashburn/stream": "~1.0.0"` to your composer.json

Change Log
----------

[](#change-log)

- v1.0.0 - Basic stream model

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3716d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/957608?v=4)[Will Washburn](/maintainers/willwashburn)[@willwashburn](https://github.com/willwashburn)

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Top Contributors

[![willwashburn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/957608?v=4)](https://github.com/willwashburn "willwashburn (7 commits)")

---

Tags

streamreadpeekstreamable

###  Code Quality

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