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elpeter/kickbox-cakephp
=======================

Email validator via Kickbox Service for CakePHP

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Since May 21Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Kickbox CakePHP
===============

[](#kickbox-cakephp)

CakePHP Plugin for Email Verification by using Kickbox Service.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

You can add the plugin as submodule in your project, via git submodule:

```
$ git submodule add git@github.com:pedroventura/kickbox-cakephp.git app/Plugin/KickboxEmail
```

Otherwise, you can use git clone or download it. Place it in the Plugin folder.

### Resolve the dependencies

[](#resolve-the-dependencies)

To get the Kickbox Library and the rest of the dependencies you will need to run composer.

```
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar install
```

Setup in CakePHP
----------------

[](#setup-in-cakephp)

To setup the plugin in your project follow the next steps.

### Get the API KEY

[](#get-the-api-key)

Register at . > Go to API Settings > Create new API KEY.

### Add the plugin to Bootstrap

[](#add-the-plugin-to-bootstrap)

Add the followind lines to your app/Config/bootstrap.php

```
CakePlugin::load('KickboxEmail', array('bootstrap' => true));
define('KICKBOXAPIKEY', 'KICKBOX API KEY GOES HERE');
```

Set the constant *KICKBOXAPIKEY* with your API KEY from kickbox.io.

### Add the Component

[](#add-the-component)

Add the main component of the Plugin in your application.

You can add it for the whole project in app/Controller/AppController.php or the Controller you need it.

```
public $components = array(
		'KickboxEmail.Validator'
	);
```

How to validate an email
------------------------

[](#how-to-validate-an-email)

Use the validate method as follows:

```
$res = $this->Validator->verify('EMAIL GOES HERE');
```

*$res* will return *true* or *false*. So, if the email passed the validation or not.

There is a log file in app/tmp/logs/kickbox.log where you can check all the validation request and returned data. By default is enabled. You can disable it by adding the following line in the app/Config/bootstrap.php

```
Configure::write('KickboxEmail.log', false);
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

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/8efd17f87b4beddf6a1fdce0c0c482ca008370550ac53e0d0de7e2c42e69f0a1?d=identicon)[elpeter](/maintainers/elpeter)

---

Top Contributors

[![pedroventura](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/797690?v=4)](https://github.com/pedroventura "pedroventura (9 commits)")

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