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adamb/blocking
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Block IP by either IP or range and check to see if string contains blocked word or phrase

1.1.6(2mo ago)02.1k1MITPHP

Since Nov 13Pushed 2mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/adambinnersley/blocking)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/adamb/blocking)[ RSS](/packages/adamb-blocking/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (6)Versions (3)Used By (1)

IP Blocking and Word or Phrase checking using Database
======================================================

[](#ip-blocking-and-word-or-phrase-checking-using-database)

###  Health Score

45

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FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

Every ~1952 days

Total

2

Last Release

60d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1990042?v=4)[Adam Binnersley](/maintainers/AdamBinnersley)[@adambinnersley](https://github.com/adambinnersley)

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Top Contributors

[![adambinnersley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1990042?v=4)](https://github.com/adambinnersley "adambinnersley (34 commits)")

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Tags

banned-wordsip-blacklistip-blockerspam-filtering

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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