HTTPlug

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2590 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

HTTPlug is an HTTP client abstraction for PHP built on PSR-7 messages, defining synchronous and asynchronous client interfaces. It lets library authors decouple from specific HTTP client implementations via adapters and a plugin system for request lifecycle logic.

Use cases

• write a reusable PHP package that needs an HTTP client without binding to Guzzle
• swap HTTP client implementations behind a common interface
• add logging or authentication plugins to HTTP requests
• make asynchronous HTTP requests in PHP
• build API client SDKs on top of PSR-7

When to choose

• you are building a PHP library or SDK that should work with any HTTP client
• you want plugin-based request/response middleware across clients
• your project already uses PSR-7 message interfaces

When to avoid

• you only need a simple synchronous client and can use PSR-18 directly
• you want a full-featured HTTP client rather than an abstraction layer
• your project is not PHP

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client middleware plugin-system web-development apis developer-tools php psr-7 psr-18 http-client-abstraction async-http composer

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