HTTPlug
HTTPlug, the HTTP client abstraction for PHP (by php-http)
PHP VCR
Record your test suite's HTTP interactions and replay them during future test runs for fast, deterministic, accurate tests. (by php-vcr)
| HTTPlug | PHP VCR | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 2,594 | 1,204 | |
| 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| 0.0 | 5.8 | |
| 13 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
HTTPlug
Posts with mentions or reviews of HTTPlug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-29.
- API Client Design Across Languages - Part 2 - Making Requests
Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,
PHP VCR
Posts with mentions or reviews of PHP VCR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-08-26.
- PHP and LLMs book - Local LLMs: Streamlining Your Development Workflow
I know there is the VCR library as well but I just wanted something more simple in my day to day workflow.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing HTTPlug and PHP VCR you can also consider the following projects:
Guzzle - Guzzle, an extensible PHP HTTP client
Requests - Requests for PHP is a humble HTTP request library. It simplifies how you interact with other sites and takes away all your worries.
Buzz - PHP's lightweight HTTP client
Phi/Middleware
HTTPFul - A Chainable, REST Friendly, PHP HTTP Client. A sane alternative to cURL.