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firehed/null-psr16
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Always-offline PSR-16 cache implemention, for fallback and testing

0.1.0(4y ago)11.3k[2 PRs](https://github.com/Firehed/php-null-psr16/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Jun 3Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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PSR-16 "null driver"
====================

[](#psr-16-null-driver)

This is a [PSR-16](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-16/) implementation that always fails.

The motivation for this to exist is for fallback handling in cascading cache drivers. Rather than the application using a cache failing entirely because it can't connect to the cache, it can fall back to a non-throwing implementation like this.

Also useful for tests where you want to ensure correct non-throwing failure handling and don't want to write a mock driver.

Installation and Usage
----------------------

[](#installation-and-usage)

Install: `composer require firehed/null-psr16`

Usage:

```
$cache = new \Firehed\Cache\NullPsr16();
// Use like any other PSR-16 implementation
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

1809d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354842?v=4)[Eric Stern](/maintainers/Firehed)[@Firehed](https://github.com/Firehed)

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Top Contributors

[![Firehed](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354842?v=4)](https://github.com/Firehed "Firehed (4 commits)")

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Tags

cachepsr-16

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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