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icecave/interlude
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Emulated timeouts for synchronous operations.

0.1.0(11y ago)539.1k↑147.1%[1 issues](https://github.com/IcecaveStudios/interlude/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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Interlude
=========

[](#interlude)

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**Interlude** is a small PHP library for repeating a non-blocking operation until it succeeds, a timeout period is reached, or a maximum number of attempts have been performed.

If you don't need the timeout feature, you might want to try [igorw/retry](https://github.com/igorw/retry).

- Install via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) package [icecave/interlude](https://packagist.org/packages/icecave/interlude)
- Read the [API documentation](http://icecavestudios.github.io/interlude/artifacts/documentation/api/)

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use Icecave\Interlude\Exception\AttemptsExhaustedException;
use Icecave\Interlude\Exception\TimeoutException;
use Icecave\Interlude\Invoker;

$invoker = new Invoker;

$operation = function ($remainingTimeout, $remainingAttempts) {
    // do work ...
};

try {
    $invoker->invoke(
        $operation,
        10, // ten second timeout
        3   // maximum of three attempts
    );
} catch (TimeoutException $e) {
    echo 'The operation timed out!' . PHP_EOL;
} catch (AttemptsExhaustedException $e) {
    echo 'The operation was attempted the maximum number of times!' . PHP_EOL;
}
```

Contact us
----------

[](#contact-us)

- Follow [@IcecaveStudios](https://twitter.com/IcecaveStudios) on Twitter
- Visit the [Icecave Studios website](http://icecave.com.au)
- Join `#icecave` on [irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=icecave)

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community10

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

4254d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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