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cuppett/cakephp-aws\_utils
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CakePHP Amazon Web Services Utilities

1.0.1(11y ago)012MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

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CakePHP AWS Utilities
=====================

[](#cakephp-aws-utilities)

AWSUtils provides a small set of wrappers and harnesses to integrate AWS services directly into your CakePHP applications

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

The master branch has the following requirements:

- CakePHP 2.2.0 or greater.
- PHP 5.3.0 or greater.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- [DynamoDB](http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/) session handler.

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

[](#installation)

- Clone/Copy the files in this directory into `app/Plugin/AwsUtils`
- Ensure the plugin is loaded in `app/Config/bootstrap.php` by calling `CakePlugin::load('AwsUtils');`

### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

Ensure `require` is present in `composer.json`. This will install the plugin into `Plugin/AwsUtils`:

```
{
    "require": {
        "cuppett/cakephp-aws_utils": "1.0.*"
    },
    "extra":
	{
	    "installer-paths":
	    {
	        "app/Plugin/AwsUtils": ["cuppett/cakephp-aws_utils"]
	    }
	}
}

```

Quick Example
-------------

[](#quick-example)

### Integrating the session handler into core.php

[](#integrating-the-session-handler-into-corephp)

```
use Aws\Common\Enum\Region;

$aws = array(
    'includes' => array(
        '_aws'
    ),
    'services' => array(
        'default_settings' => array(
            'params' => array(
                'region' => Region::US_EAST_1
            )
        )
    )
);

Configure::write('Session', array(
    'defaults' => 'database',
    'timeout' => 60,
    'handler' => array(
        'engine' => 'AwsUtils.DynamoDBSession',
        'aws' => $aws
    ),
    /* Avoid gc from web-app, manually sweep/clean later */
    'ini' => array('session.gc_probability' => 0)
));
```

Reporting issues
----------------

[](#reporting-issues)

If you have a problem with AwsUtils please open an issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/cuppett/cakephp-aws_utils/issues).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4177d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/239904?v=4)[Stephen Cuppett](/maintainers/cuppett)[@cuppett](https://github.com/cuppett)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

amazonawsdynamodbcakephpsession

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