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brandonwestcott/li3\_varnish
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Lithium PHP easy ESI varnish caching

1.0.1(13y ago)118GNU General Public LicensePHPPHP >=5.3

Since Oct 12Pushed 13y ago2 watchersCompare

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[Lithium PHP](http://lithify.me) Plugin for easy Varnish support
================================================================

[](#lithium-php-plugin-for-easy-varnish-support)

```
Libraries::add('li3_varnish', array(
	'development' => array(
		'esiUrl' => '/esi',
		'defaults' => array(
			'esi' => true,
			'expire' => '+1 days'
		),
		'cache' => array(
			'SomeController::index' => array(
				'expire' => '+2 days',
				'esi' => true,
			),
			'SomeController::show'
		),
	)
));
```

In the view, you have two options to render items as ESI partials. Either pass in esi = true into the options of a view render, or use the esi helper as a short cut.

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or

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###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~27 days

Total

2

Last Release

4933d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1489386?v=4)[Brandon Westcott](/maintainers/brandonwestcott)[@brandonwestcott](https://github.com/brandonwestcott)

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Top Contributors

[![brandonwestcott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1489386?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonwestcott "brandonwestcott (2 commits)")

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Tags

lithiumli3esivarnish

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