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Clansuite Server Query is a PHP library that allows you to query game and voice servers.

See the list of supported servers.

This library is a complete rewrite of the deprecated gsQuery by Jeremias Reith. It is also inspired by projects such as hlsw, kquery, squery, GameQ, and phgstats.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+

Installation

composer require clansuite/ServerQuery

Usage

Basic Usage

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$factory = new Clansuite\ServerQuery\CSQuery();
$server = $factory->createInstance('Quake3a', '172.104.253.108', 27980);

if ($server->query_server()) {
    // Get JSON output
    $json = $server->toJson();

    // Get HTML table output
    $html = $server->toHtml();

    echo $html; // Display in browser
}

Web Interface

Use the included web interface:

# JSON output (default)
curl "http://localhost/serializer.php?protocol=Quake3a&host=172.104.253.108&queryport=27980"

# HTML output
curl "http://localhost/serializer.php?protocol=Quake3a&host=172.104.253.108&queryport=27980&format=html"

The HTML output provides a styled table view of server information, players, and server rules.

Capture Tool

To capture network packets for testing fixtures:

php bin/capture 192.168.1.10 27015 source

This saves fixtures in /tests/fixtures/ for reliable testing without external dependencies.

Configuration is in /config/capture_config.php.

Testing

Testing a server query library requires validating its ability to communicate with real game or voice servers and correctly parse their responses.

To ensure reliability and compatibility across different server implementations, it’s helpful to cross-reference results with established server monitoring and listing platforms, such as:

• https://www.gametracker.com/
• https://listforge.net/
• https://gamemonitoring.net/
• https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark

These services provide up-to-date server status, player counts, and metadata, making them valuable benchmarks for verifying the accuracy and robustness of a server query protocol implementation.

Documentation

• User Manual - Installation, usage, and troubleshooting.
• Developer Manual - Architecture, API, and contribution guide.
• API Documentation - Generated API documentation.