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clavelinho/shred
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Safely deletes files

043.2k↓19.4%PHP

Since Dec 20Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Shred PHP
=========

[](#shred-php)

Safely deletes files v0.5b

Requeriments
------------

[](#requeriments)

PHP 5.3

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

[](#installation)

composer.json

```
{
	"require": {
		"clavelinho/shred": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

Run `composer install`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// load autoload composer
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$shred = new Shred\Shred($n); // $n (optional) remove('folder/file.txt'); // remove('folder/file.txt', false); // remove('folder/file.txt')) {
	// The file is truncated & removed.
} else {
	// Impossible to overwrite or remove the file. See filepath & file permissions.
}
```

Shred overwrite 'n' times the file for make more difficult to recovery (Imposible is nothing!). Obviously inspired in shred for linux. If you want to delete large files, or repeat a large number of times the interaction should increase the execution time of the script.

```
ini_get('max_execution_time'); // Max execution script time in seconds.
set_time_limit($s); // $s => Set max time limit in seconds.
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Shred PHP was created by Dani C. Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1163d5504c44b173b0561d231e8798f53f034e7a579dc09d9befedbf29770782?d=identicon)[Clavelinho](/maintainers/Clavelinho)

---

Top Contributors

[![Clavelinho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6264667?v=4)](https://github.com/Clavelinho "Clavelinho (9 commits)")

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