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Installation

The Fetch HTTP package can be installed using Composer, the PHP dependency manager.

Requirements

  • PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Composer

Install via Composer

1. Add to your project

bash
composer require jerome/fetch-php

2. Update your autoloader

If you haven't already done so, make sure you include the Composer autoloader in your project:

php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

While we strongly recommend using Composer, you can also manually download the package and include it in your project:

  1. Download the latest release from GitHub
  2. Extract the files into your project directory
  3. Set up your own autoloading system or include files manually

Verifying Installation

After installation, you can verify that everything is working correctly by creating a simple script:

php
<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Import the helper function
use function Fetch\Http\fetch;

// Make a simple request
$response = fetch('https://httpbin.org/get');

// Check the response
if ($response->successful()) {
    echo "Installation successful!\n";
    echo "Response status: " . $response->status() . "\n";
    echo "Response body: " . $response->body() . "\n";
} else {
    echo "Something went wrong. HTTP status: " . $response->status() . "\n";
}

Next Steps

After installation, check out the Quickstart guide to begin using the Fetch HTTP package.

Created by Jerome Thayananthajothy and released under the MIT License.