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christiaan/php-sandbox
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Php Sandbox in a child process which should make it possible to run user supplied code safely

1.0.2(13y ago)62.4k—0.8%[3 issues](https://github.com/christiaan/php-sandbox/issues)MITPHP

Since Mar 26Pushed 11y ago3 watchersCompare

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PhpSandbox
==========

[](#phpsandbox)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bae2b3b0c0c2dc230ef8ffcafcd87effd84ad331dc58b0af3aec6458aa8dd0fd/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6368726973746961616e2f7068702d73616e64626f782e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/christiaan/php-sandbox)

Php Sandbox in a child process which should make it possible to run user supplied PHP code safely.

This is a proof of concept, it works but as far as I know does not run in production anywhere. Because it runs a process for each sandbox it is also much slower than real sandbox solutions.

If you want to offer a scripting solution to your end users you are most likely better off using either the [LUA](https://github.com/laruence/php-lua) or [JavaScript V8](https://github.com/preillyme/v8js) php extensions.

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

[](#installation)

```
php composer.phar require christiaan/php-sandbox

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See the various [tests](https://github.com/christiaan/php-sandbox/blob/master/tests/Christiaan/PhpSandbox/Tests)

Known issues
------------

[](#known-issues)

Does not work on Windows, most likely due to this [bug](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47918)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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

3

Last Release

4845d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118490?v=4)[Christiaan Baartse](/maintainers/christiaan)[@christiaan](https://github.com/christiaan)

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Top Contributors

[![christiaan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118490?v=4)](https://github.com/christiaan "christiaan (27 commits)")

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Tags

php sandbox

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