ilyasdeckers/web3php

A simple PHP package to interact with the Ethereum web3 API

dev-master 2018-02-22 10:17 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.0.0
• illuminate/session: ~5.0
• illuminate/support: ~5.0

MIT

• Ilyas Deckers

• laravel
• ethereum
• web3

README

A PHP/Laravel wrapper around web3 JavaScript API.

Installation

composer require ilyasdeckers/web3php

Further steps for Laravel

When using Laravel, add the following lines to your config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    IlyasDeckers\Web3PHP\Providers\Web3PHPServiceProvider::class,
    ...
],
'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Ethereum' => IlyasDeckers\Web3PHP\EthereumFacade::class,
    ...
],

then generate the config file

# When using Laravel
php artisan vendor:publish

And edit your .env file with the following values

WEB3_URL='127.0.0.1'
WEB3_PORT=8545

Usage

This example shows you how to get the balance for a given address.

Laravel with facades

$eth = Ethereum::eth_getBalance('0x8fbb99e9e73cd62bb3adea5365ff0f9d90c9e532')
print $eth // Prints the account balance in hex.

PHP

$eth = new \IlyasDeckers\Web3PHP\Ethereum($url, $port);
$eth = $eth->eth_getBalance('0x8fbb99e9e73cd62bb3adea5365ff0f9d90c9e532', $block='latest', $decode_hex=false);

print $eth // Prints the account balance in hex.

Full reference: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API#web3js-api-reference