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palepurple/rate-limit
=====================

PHP rate limiting library with Token Bucket Algorithm, originally touhonoob/rate-limit

3.0.3(1y ago)12549.2k↓57.4%2[1 issues](https://github.com/DavidGoodwin/RateLimit/issues)MITPHPPHP >= 8.0CI failing

Since May 16Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/DavidGoodwin/RateLimit)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/palepurple/rate-limit)[ RSS](/packages/palepurple-rate-limit/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago

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RateLimit
=========

[](#ratelimit)

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[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7be50c0cf1dcae513b008a61bceb94e513755f807fa5557b9277882c2da69e21/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f4461766964476f6f6477696e2f526174654c696d69742f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/DavidGoodwin/RateLimit?branch=master)

PHP Rate Limiting Library With Token Bucket Algorithm with minimal external dependencies.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

`composer require palepurple/rate-limit`

Storage Adapters
================

[](#storage-adapters)

The RateLimiter needs to know where to get/set data.

Depending on which adapter you install, you may need to install additional libraries (predis/predis or tedivm/stash) or PHP extensions (e.g. Redis, Memcache, APC)

- [APCu](https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu)
- [Redis](https://pecl.php.net/package/redis) or [Predis](https://github.com/nrk/predis)
- [Stash](http://www.stashphp.com) (This supports many drivers - see  )
- [Memcached](http://php.net/manual/en/intro.memcached.php)

Example
=======

[](#example)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use \PalePurple\RateLimit\RateLimit;
use \PalePurple\RateLimit\Adapter\APC as APCAdapter;
use \PalePurple\RateLimit\Adapter\Redis as RedisAdapter;
use \PalePurple\RateLimit\Adapter\Predis as PredisAdapter;
use \PalePurple\RateLimit\Adapter\Memcached as MemcachedAdapter;
use \PalePurple\RateLimit\Adapter\Stash as StashAdapter;

$adapter = new APCAdapter(); // Use APC as Storage
// Alternatives:
//
// $adapter = new RedisAdapter((new \Redis()->connect('localhost'))); // Use Redis as Storage
//
// $adapter = new PredisAdapter(new \Predis\Predis(['tcp://127.0.0.1:6379'])); // Use Predis as Storage
//
// $memcache = new \Memcached();
// $memcache->addServer('localhost', 11211);
// $adapter = new MemcacheAdapter($memcache);
//
// $stash = new \Stash\Pool(new \Stash\Driver\FileSystem());
// $adapter = new StashAdapter($stash);

$rateLimit = new RateLimit("myratelimit", 100, 3600, $adapter); // 100 Requests / Hour

$id = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; // Use client IP as identity
if ($rateLimit->check($id)) {
  echo "passed";
} else {
  echo "rate limit exceeded";
}
```

Installing via Composer
=======================

[](#installing-via-composer)

```
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
composer.phar require palepurple/rate-limit
```

References
==========

[](#references)

- [stackoverflow post about Rate Limiting](http://stackoverflow.com/a/668327/670662)
- [wikipedia token bucket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_bucket)
- [this code is forked from here...](https://github.com/touhonoob/RateLimit)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.8% 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 ~274 days

Recently: every ~179 days

Total

14

Last Release

500d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02018-03-03

2.0.7 → 3.0.02024-10-20

PHP version history (4 changes)1.2.0PHP >=5.5

1.3.0PHP >=5.6

2.0.7PHP >= 5.6

3.0.0PHP >= 8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c060c1674b4cba05d732300b294891102b12c949ca53399869692edb5df8ff5b?d=identicon)[DavidGoodwin](/maintainers/DavidGoodwin)

---

Top Contributors

[![DavidGoodwin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/203929?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidGoodwin "DavidGoodwin (134 commits)")[![touhonoob](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1391892?v=4)](https://github.com/touhonoob "touhonoob (20 commits)")[![ppeev0206](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76068993?v=4)](https://github.com/ppeev0206 "ppeev0206 (2 commits)")[![bitbybit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1628191?v=4)](https://github.com/bitbybit "bitbybit (1 commits)")[![Icewild](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8243173?v=4)](https://github.com/Icewild "Icewild (1 commits)")

---

Tags

memcachedphpphp7predisrate-limiterrate-limitingredisstashphp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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