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fathkoc/rate-limiter-library
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A simple PHP library for rate limiting API requests.

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Rate Limiter Library
====================

[](#rate-limiter-library)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This is a simple PHP Rate Limiting library designed to limit API requests or user actions over a defined time window. It helps protect your application from abusive users or bots by controlling the rate of requests.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Define a limit on the number of requests per a certain time window.
- Storage-agnostic, supports file storage, but can be extended to use Redis or other storage backends.
- Easy to integrate with any PHP application.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. **Install the library**:

    If you're using composer, you can install it by running:

    ```

    ```

composer require fathkoc/rate-limiter-library

```

2. **Basic Example**:

```php
require_once __DIR__ . '/src/RateLimiter.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/src/StorageInterface.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/src/FileStorage.php';

use RateLimiterLibrary\RateLimiter;
use RateLimiterLibrary\FileStorage;

// Create storage folder if not exists
if (!is_dir(__DIR__ . '/storage')) {
    mkdir(__DIR__ . '/storage', 0777, true);
}

$storage = new FileStorage(__DIR__ . '/storage');
$rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(5, 60, $storage); // 5 requests in 60 seconds

$ipAddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ?? '127.0.0.1';

if ($rateLimiter->isAllowed($ipAddress)) {
    // Request is allowed
    echo "Request successful.";
} else {
    // Too many requests
    http_response_code(429); // Too Many Requests
    echo "Rate limit exceeded.";
}

```

3. **Extend Storage**:

    You can create your own storage class by implementing the `StorageInterface` and integrate Redis, Memcached, or any other storage system.

###  Health Score

15

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Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity16

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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