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devtoolboxuk/cerberus
=====================

Another Security Package for PHP

0.0.2(6y ago)06MITPHPPHP >=5.4.16

Since May 26Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cerberus
========

[](#cerberus)

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Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Background](#Background)
- [Usage](#Usage)
- \[Help Support This Project\](#Help Support This Project)
- [Maintainers](#Maintainers)
- [License](#License)

Background
----------

[](#background)

Detects if various threats are placed against the system. A score is then given to each threat. You can then decide what you want to action based on that score.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Detects if any threats are in the string.
- Gives a score to any threats found.
- Cleans the string of any threats.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ composer require devtoolboxuk/cerberus
```

Then include Composer's generated vendor/autoload.php to enable autoloading:

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

```
use devtoolboxuk\cerberus;

$this->cerberus = new Cerberus();
```

#### Set Options

[](#set-options)

```
$cerberus->setOptions($this->getOptions());
```

Example - Detection of a dodgy website registration
---------------------------------------------------

[](#example---detection-of-a-dodgy-website-registration)

Also see tests/test-registration.php

```
function testDodgyRegistration()
{

    $cerberus = new CerberusService();
    $cerberus->setOptions($this->getOptions());

    $login_array = [
        'email' => 'rob@shotmail.ru',
        'name' => 'Visit my website http://www.doajob.org?redirect=https://www.google.com',
        'address' => 'Some Street',
        'postcode' => 'GL1 1AA',
        'country' => 'MX',
    ];

    $detection = $cerberus
        ->resetHandlers()
        ->pushHandler($this->createLoginStringHandler('Name', $login_array['name']))
        ->pushHandler($this->createLoginStringHandler('Address', $login_array['address']))
        ->pushHandler(new EmailHandler($login_array['email']))
        ->pushHandler(new CountryHandler($login_array['country']));

    $detection->getScore(); //Returns a Score
    $detection->getOutputByName('Name'); //Returns the cleaned sanitised output of Name;
    $detection->getResult(); //Returns a result

}

private function createLoginStringHandler($name, $data)
{
    $handler = new DefaultHandler($name, $data);
    $handler->pushWrapper(new HtmlWrapper());
    $handler->pushWrapper(new UrlWrapper());
    $handler->pushWrapper(new XssWrapper());
    return $handler;
}
```

### Get References

[](#get-references)

Get Input for each reference
----------------------------

[](#get-input-for-each-reference)

```
foreach ($detection->getReferences() as $reference)
{
    $reference->getInput();
}
```

Get Output for each reference
-----------------------------

[](#get-output-for-each-reference)

```
foreach ($detection->getReferences() as $reference)
{
    $reference->getOutPut();
}
```

Get Output by name assigned
---------------------------

[](#get-output-by-name-assigned)

- If a name is not assigned, you wont be able to look it up... duh

```
$detection->getOutputByName('Name');
# eg: 'Visit my website'
```

Help Support This Project
-------------------------

[](#help-support-this-project)

[![Help Support This Project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devtoolboxuk/cerberus/master/assets/buy-me-a-coffee-button.png)](https://Ko-fi.com/devtoolboxuk)

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

[@DevToolboxUk](https://github.com/DevToolBoxUk).

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](LICENSE) © DevToolboxUK

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

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

Every ~27 days

Total

2

Last Release

2519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/11e7828108a460ad0b3dc92c08fa9e0e863168b8dae2b4d7041a6d699f936faa?d=identicon)[devtoolboxuk](/maintainers/devtoolboxuk)

---

Top Contributors

[![devtoolboxuk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6337609?v=4)](https://github.com/devtoolboxuk "devtoolboxuk (39 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/devtoolboxuk-cerberus/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/devtoolboxuk-cerberus/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/devtoolboxuk-cerberus)
```

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