💬 Feedback & Feature Requests for the PHP Stellar SDK

[christian-rogobete]

👋 Hello Stellar developers!

This discussion is a place for you to share your thoughts about the PHP Stellar SDK:

• ✅ What’s working well for you?

• ⚡ What could be improved?

• 🌟 What features would you like to see in future versions?

Your feedback is incredibly valuable — it helps guide the roadmap and ensures the SDK stays useful for real projects like yours.

👉 Feel free to drop quick notes, detailed requests, or even ideas for examples/tutorials you’d like to have.

Thanks for building with Stellar and for helping improve this SDK! 🙏🚀

-- Christian

[christian-rogobete]

👋 I’ll get things started with a couple of thoughts:

• I know there are already quite a few examples, but some of them are a bit dated and could be improved or modernized. Are there particular examples you’d like to see refreshed, or new scenarios you’d like covered?

• Another question I have: would you prefer more focus on new features (like better Soroban support) or on developer experience improvements (updated docs, clearer error messages, etc.)?

I’d love to hear your perspective — even short replies like “yes, please update the examples for payments” are super useful. Don’t be shy, your input directly shapes where this SDK goes next. 🚀

[icolomina]

Good evening, Stellar developers —

I’ve been using this component for some time in my personal project, especially the parts that connect to and interact with Soroban, and I’ve never experienced any problems. It’s an excellent component that makes it easy for PHP developers to build blockchain applications on Stellar. Fantastic job!

As feedback, it would be helpful to include an UPGRADE.md file or a ROADMAP so users can quickly see what changes a new release introduces—especially when the Stellar protocol changes.

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I’d also like to introduce Equillar (https://github.com/icolomina/equillar). It’s an open‑source investment platform built with PHP and Symfony that uses this component to connect to and interact with Soroban smart contracts responsible for managing investment balances, payments to investors, company withdrawals, etc.

I believe adding a reference to Equillar in the PHP Stellar SDK docs would benefit other developers looking for a concrete example of integrating this component into a Symfony project.

Many thanks,
Best regards

[christian-rogobete]

Hi @icolomina,

Thank you very much for your kind words and valuable feedback! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with the PHP Stellar SDK and your suggestions for improvement.

I’ve added a reference to Equillar in the README under the Soroban support section — it’s a great example of how to integrate the SDK into a real PHP/Symfony project. Thanks for sharing it with the community!

Your idea about adding an UPGRADE.md file or a roadmap is also excellent. I’ll look into including that in a future update to make it easier for developers to track changes between releases, especially around Stellar protocol upgrades.

Thanks again for your contribution and for helping improve the SDK!

Best regards,
Christian