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bitsbeats/softfailer
====================

Library to suppress errors unless they exceed a certain threshold within a given time interval

v1.0.1(6y ago)19Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=7.2

Since Aug 15Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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bitsbeats/php-softfailer
========================

[](#bitsbeatsphp-softfailer)

PHP library to suppress errors ("soft failures") unless they exceed a certain threshold within a given time interval.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- uses persistent storage, so that failures are counted among independent script calls or pageviews
- storage drivers for filesystem, memcache and APCu

Install
-------

[](#install)

The easiest way to install SoftFailer is by using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
$> composer require bitsbeats/softfailer

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$storage = new Filesystem('/tmp/softfail.txt', 500);

// hard fail if 3 or more "soft fails" occur within a 3600 second time window
$sf = new SoftFailer($storage, 3, 3600);

try {
    $sf->recordFailure(new DateTime());
}
catch (HardFailLimitReachedException $e) {
    // a "hard fail" is triggered by throwing a "HardFailLimitReachedException" exception
    print "FAIL: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
    $sf->clearFailPoints();
    exit(1);
}
```

See `example.php` for the full example.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2465d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/626778c8eb20abbb1c9823ad6c93f9b883161f696004e4eeade5984d1d54ac75?d=identicon)[bitsbeats](/maintainers/bitsbeats)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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