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desmart/laravel-cache-protract
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File based cache prolonger for Laravel

1.0.0(11y ago)129MITPHP

Since Nov 27Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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laravel-cache-protract
======================

[](#laravel-cache-protract)

File based cache prolonger for Laravel.

Background
==========

[](#background)

Laravel's file cache is rather simple. When it's expired the cache file is removed. Depending on implementation this cache gets regenerated during the request.

On heavy loaded applications this means that during the time of regeneration every request bumps into empty cache file and tries to regenerate it. This gap can lead to DoS - application will stop to respond.

This package is meant to lower the risk of that. Request hits expired cache, prolongs its expiration and in the meantime tries to regenerate the cache. For the time of regeneration other threads will get old contents.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require desmart/laravel-cache-protract:~1.0.0
```

In `app/config/app.php` add `DeSmart\CacheProtract\ServiceProvider` to providers.

In `app/config/cache.php` change driver to `file-protract`.

Optionally you can publish, and change config file.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4236d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/488bdbbb3187d1f4f6d9c92f0c716ad413f5e7fe53d3ec5ffefb37cfcad4ecf6?d=identicon)[radmen](/maintainers/radmen)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/92bc27fc8f1cba837cef419eee0fae358f52c804cd5450cf994f9095fa387a5c?d=identicon)[DeSmart](/maintainers/DeSmart)

---

Top Contributors

[![radmen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1190255?v=4)](https://github.com/radmen "radmen (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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