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aalfiann/event-locker-php
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Event Locker class to stop multiple or parallel execution in PHP.

1.0.0(7y ago)0361MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Apr 20Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Event Locker
============

[](#event-locker)

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A Event Locker class to stop multiple or parallel execution in PHP.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install this package via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require "aalfiann/event-locker-php:^1.0"

```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
use aalfiann\EventLocker;
require_once ('vendor/autoload.php');

$locker = new EventLocker();

// lock
echo "Waiting...\n";
$locker->lock();

// sleep for 10 seconds
echo "Sleeping...\n";
sleep(10);
echo "Finished!\n";

// unlock
$locker->unlock();
```

You can set your custom locker name. Default is `locker.lock`.

```
// Example if you want to set identify locker for post.
$locker = new EventLocker('post.lock');
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2577d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![aalfiann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9458941?v=4)](https://github.com/aalfiann "aalfiann (2 commits)")

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Tags

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