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jeroen-de-dauw/simple-cache
===========================

Small library defining a minimalistic caching interface and provides some basic implementations

2.0.0(11y ago)0420GPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing

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SimpleCache
===========

[](#simplecache)

Small library defining a minimalistic caching interface and provides some basic implementations.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to download and install this package as well as its dependencies. Alternatively you can simply clone the git repository and take care of loading yourself.

### Composer

[](#composer)

To add this package as a local, per-project dependency to your project, simply add a dependency on `jeroen/simple-cache` to your project's `composer.json` file. Here is a minimal example of a `composer.json` file that just defines a dependency on SimpleCache 2.x:

```
{
    "require": {
        "jeroen/simple-cache": "~2.0"
    }
}

```

### Manual

[](#manual)

Get the SimpleCache code, either via git, or some other means. Also get all dependencies. You can find a list of the dependencies in the "require" section of the composer.json file. Load all dependencies and the load the SimpleCache library by including its entry point: SimpleCache.php.

Running the tests
-----------------

[](#running-the-tests)

```
composer ci

```

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

SimpleCache has been written by [Jeroen De Dauw](https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw)as hobby project.

Release notes
-------------

[](#release-notes)

### 2.1.0 (dev)

[](#210-dev)

- Dropped support for PHP 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5

### 2.0.0 (2014-08-19)

[](#200-2014-08-19)

- Renamed package from `jeroen-de-dauw/simple-cache` to `jeroen/simple-cache`
- Removed `SimpleCache.php` entry point. Autoloading is now done via Composers PSR-4 support
- Removed the MediaWiki extension registration and i18n support

### 1.0.3 (2013-08-07)

[](#103-2013-08-07)

- Removed pointless code from CombinatoryCache
- Added missing test for CombinatoryCache

### 1.0.2 (2013-08-07)

[](#102-2013-08-07)

- Fixed bug in MediaWikiCache::has
- Added unit tests for MediaWikiCache

### 1.0.1 (2013-07-15)

[](#101-2013-07-15)

- Added optional expiryTime parameter to the constructor of MediaWikiCache.

### 1.0.0 (2013-07-05)

[](#100-2013-07-05)

- Initial release.

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [SimpleCache on Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/jeroen/simple-cache)
- [SimpleCache on Ohloh](https://www.ohloh.net/p/simplecache)
- [TravisCI build status](http://travis-ci.org/JeroenDeDauw/SimpleCache)
- [Code coverage status](https://coveralls.io/r/JeroenDeDauw/SimpleCache?branch=master)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~83 days

Recently: every ~102 days

Total

6

Last Release

4283d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.02013-07-05

1.0.3 → 2.0.02014-08-19

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/451bd4039d530fed8f9c3da91bfa519233a397d2182cdfdcad700f6cfea19b7f?d=identicon)[Jeroen De Dauw](/maintainers/Jeroen%20De%20Dauw)

---

Top Contributors

[![JeroenDeDauw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146040?v=4)](https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw "JeroenDeDauw (43 commits)")

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