weiboad/kafka-php

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Kafka-php is a pure PHP client library for Apache Kafka supporting producer and consumer functionality against Kafka brokers 0.8+ (consumer requires 0.9+). It requires no compiled PHP extensions, lowering installation and maintenance cost, with v0.2.x using an asynchronous implementation for improved stability and efficiency.

Use cases

• produce messages to kafka from php
• consume kafka topics in a php application
• build event-driven pipelines with php and kafka
• stream log events from php services to kafka
• integrate kafka messaging without installing php extensions
• publish async messages to a kafka broker

When to choose

• your stack is PHP and you need Kafka producer/consumer support
• you cannot compile or install native PHP extensions like rdkafka
• you need a pure-PHP client compatible with Kafka 0.8+ brokers

When to avoid

• you need maximum throughput or low latency, where a librdkafka-based client is faster
• you need support for the newest Kafka protocol features or active maintenance
• your project runs on PHP versions below 7.1

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