README

Bencode is the encoding used by the peer-to-peer file sharing system BitTorrent for storing and transmitting loosely structured data.

This is a pure PHP library that allows you to encode and decode Bencode data.

Installation

composer require 'arokettu/bencode'

Supported versions:

• 4.x (current, PHP 8.1+)

Simple use

<?php

\Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::encode(['info' => ['length' => 12345, 'name' => 'Bencoded demo']]);
\Arokettu\Bencode\Bencode::decode('d4:infod6:lengthi12345e4:name13:Bencoded demoee');

Documentation

Read full documentation here: https://sandfox.dev/php/bencode.html

Documentation for all past major versions can be found on Read the Docs:

• 1.x: https://bencode.readthedocs.io/en/1.x/
• 2.x: https://bencode.readthedocs.io/en/2.x/
• 3.x: https://bencode.readthedocs.io/en/3.x/
• 4.x: https://bencode.readthedocs.io/

Support

Please file issues on our main repo at GitLab: https://gitlab.com/sandfox/bencode/-/issues

Feel free to ask any questions in our room on Gitter: https://gitter.im/arokettu/community

License

The library is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.