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bustelo/mampara
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PHP form security layer. Filters what reaches your code before your code knows it existed.

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Mampara
=======

[](#mampara)

A security layer for PHP forms. Filters what reaches your code before your code knows it existed.

**Not a "SuperCerberus".** Mampara stops the automated noise — the 99% of bots trying random doors. A determined attacker who downloaded this code and has time to spare will eventually get through. That's honest.

Status
------

[](#status)

v3.0 — under active development. Not production-ready yet.

What it does
------------

[](#what-it-does)

- CSRF protection
- Rate limiting (IP + field value)
- Honeypot traps
- Unicode normalization (fancy fonts, fullwidth, combining diacritics)
- Progressive challenge (math obfuscated, Altcha PoW)
- Structured logging
- Clean `$_POST` passthrough for legacy code

What it doesn't do
------------------

[](#what-it-doesnt-do)

- SQL injection escaping (do that at the driver level)
- XSS in output (do that in your template engine)
- Post-authentication security
- Server-level hardening (HTTPS, HTTP headers)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bustelo/mampara
```

*Full docs coming with v3.0 stable.*

###  Health Score

20

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LowBetter than 16% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity11

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![sbustelo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2727330?v=4)](https://github.com/sbustelo "sbustelo (1 commits)")

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