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gilbitron/php-simplecache
=========================

A simple script for caching 3rd party API calls in PHP.

1.4.2(9y ago)26137.3k↓22.2%455MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 25Pushed 6y ago30 watchersCompare

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PHP SimpleCache
===============

[](#php-simplecache)

The PHP SimpleCache Class is an easy way to cache 3rd party API calls.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install via [composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
{
    "require": {
        "gilbitron/php-simplecache": "~1.4"
    }
}
```

Run `composer install` then use as normal:

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$cache = new Gilbitron\Util\SimpleCache();
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A very basic usage example:

```
$cache = new Gilbitron\Util\SimpleCache();
$latest_tweet = $cache->get_data('tweet', 'http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from:gilbitron&rpp=1');
echo $latest_tweet;
```

A more advanced example:

```
$cache = new Gilbitron\Util\SimpleCache();
$cache->cache_path = 'cache/';
$cache->cache_time = 3600;

if($data = $cache->get_cache('label')){
	$data = json_decode($data);
} else {
	$data = $cache->do_curl('http://some.api.com/file.json');
	$cache->set_cache('label', $data);
	$data = json_decode($data);
}

print_r($data);
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

PHP SimpleCache was created by [Gilbert Pellegrom](https://gilbitron.me) from [Dev7studios](https://dev7studios.co). Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity47

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92% 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 ~343 days

Total

4

Last Release

3408d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20011de485eeea26b5582c75daaab217937832762b5d5f551d34d07f74138bb0?d=identicon)[gilbitron](/maintainers/gilbitron)

---

Top Contributors

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