php-io-extensions/ftdi

The PHP FTDI Extension - bindings for libftdi1

0.7.0 2026-08-09 18:18 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.3

MIT

• Project Saturn Studios, LLC

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-09 18:19 UTC

Extension name: ext-ftdi

Supports Zend Thread Safety (ZTS): ✅

Supports non-Thread Safe mode (NTS): ✅

Supported operating systems: bsd, darwin, solaris, linux, unknown

Configure flags:

• --enable-ftdi Enable the FTDI MPSSE extension

README

Note: This repository is the native PHP extension (php-io-extensions/ftdi / ext-ftdi). For C-ish global helpers, pair it with microscrap/ftdi. For MPSSE (SPI / I²C / GPIO over FT232H-class chips), also install microscrap/mpsse.

Direct bindings to libftdi1 for FTDI USB devices from PHP. Namespace: Ftdi\. Static API on Ftdi\FTDI plus opaque companion DTOs (FTDIContext, FTDIEeprom, FTDITransferControl, FTDIVersionInfo).

# requires libftdi1 at build + runtime
pie install php-io-extensions/ftdi
php -m | grep ftdi

Linux + macOS only (Windows excluded). Version line: 0.7.x (0.7.0).

Official Documentation

Documentation for ftdi lives on the ScrapyardIO website:

• Overview
• Requirements
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Usage
• API Reference
• Troubleshooting
• Related

Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing! Please open issues and pull requests on GitHub.

License

Open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.