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alekseykorzun/memcached-wrapper-php
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Optimized PHP 5 wrapper for Memcached extension that supports dog-piling, igbinary and local storage

v2.0.0(13y ago)2984.6k↓16.9%71MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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PHP 5 wrapper for Memcached
===========================

[](#php-5-wrapper-for-memcached)

Optimized PHP 5 wrapper for Memcached extension tested and proven to perform under high concurrency conditions on modern websites including but not limited to:

- CollegeHumor
- Vimeo
- Lot18
- Dorkly
- Jest
- Todays Big Thing
- Image Socket

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Optimized Memcached settings out of the box
- Gracefully handles expiration of cached resources via single request to prevent dogpiling
- Adjustable local storage integration to avoid duplicate lookups during run time
- Automatically switches to IgBinary support if IgBinary is enabled
- 100% phpDocumentator 2 code coverage
- 100% PSR-2 code coverage
- Composer friendly package

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

If you have your autoloader, update namespaces and drop the files into your frameworks library.

For people that do not have that setup, you can visit  to install composer on your system. After installation simply run `composer install` in the parent directory of this distribution to generate vendor/ directory with a cross-system autoloader.

Please see Examples directory for a simple run down of functionality.

Additional information
----------------------

[](#additional-information)

Memcached: IgBinary:

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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 ~125 days

Total

3

Last Release

4539d ago

Major Versions

0.1.x-dev → v2.0.02013-05-15

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b30d7ac5092778c36b82b98afd5dae8dc34c4f120c4def5fea342a9bcd11f71c?d=identicon)[Aleksey Korzun](/maintainers/Aleksey%20Korzun)

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Top Contributors

[![alekseykorzun](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/109622?v=4)](https://github.com/alekseykorzun "alekseykorzun (6 commits)")[![jasonpaige](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/314046?v=4)](https://github.com/jasonpaige "jasonpaige (1 commits)")[![Jud](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12308?v=4)](https://github.com/Jud "Jud (1 commits)")

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