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hell-sh/smw
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A simple and secure wrapper for interacting with MySQL servers.

v1.0.1(5y ago)065MITPHP

Since May 4Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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smw, the simple & secure mysqli wrapper
===========================================

[](#smw-the-simple--secure-mysqli-wrapper)

A simple and secure wrapper for interacting with MySQL servers.

We've been using smw in our backend for years and neither tools nor experts managed to perform unwanted SQL commands.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

If you're using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org), you can simply `composer require hell-sh/smw`

Further information can be found [here](https://github.com/hell-sh/smw/blob/master/example.php).

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 46% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.7% 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 ~656 days

Total

2

Last Release

1995d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63328889?v=4)[Sainan](/maintainers/Sainan)[@Sainan](https://github.com/Sainan)

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Top Contributors

[![timmyRS](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11009697?v=4)](https://github.com/timmyRS "timmyRS (13 commits)")[![Sainan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63328889?v=4)](https://github.com/Sainan "Sainan (2 commits)")

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Tags

mysqlsql

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