php-thx

A very simple PHP library for acknowledging the people behind your dependencies - and giving thanks.

Getting started

Install this package with Composer:

composer require fundevogel/php-thx

Usage

Spreading love & giving back should be easy, like this:

use Fundevogel\Thx\ThankYou;

# Define paths to necessary files
$dataFile = 'path/to/composer.json';  # .. 'package.json'
$lockFile = 'path/to/composer.lock'   # .. 'package-lock.json' or 'yarn.lock'

try {
    # Extract & extend dataset
    $data = ThankYou::veryMuch($dataFile, $lockFile);

} catch (Exception $e) {
    # No dependencies found, file not found, ..
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

.. and in case you want to have more control, instantiate the appropriate Driver & configure it as needed:

use Fundevogel\Thx\ThankYou;

$driver = ThankYou::haveFun($dataFile, $lockFile);

# Configuration for API calls
$driver->timeout = 3600  # request timeout (in seconds)
$driver->userAgent = 'YoursSincerely'  # request UA string

By themselves, the files you already have don't yield much information (mostly package name & installed version), yet this is all we need to know to .. make some API calls (which is done automatically):

• Composer packages @ https://repo.packagist.org
• Node packages @ https://api.npms.io

Note: As always when requesting data from third-parties, make sure to implement some kind of caching so you don't get blocked or exceed whatever limit they impose, and remember: going easy on somebody else's ressources (especially when they're provided for free) shows that you care, and that's always worth striving for.

Roadmap

• Add support for pnpm
• Check out v3 npm lockfileVersion

Credits

Most of the helper functions were taken from Kirby's excellent toolkit package by Bastian Allgeier (who's just awesome, btw).

Happy coding!