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pear2/cache\_shm
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Wrapper for shared memory and locking functionality across different PHP extensions.

0.2.0(9y ago)633.9k—3.6%55LGPL-2.1PHPPHP >=5.3.9

Since Sep 25Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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See the project wiki for installation instructions and other documentation.

The sources as visible here reflect the development version. They may contain parsing errors, fail to install or have all other sorts of errors. If you want to use this package, download the packaged archives instead.

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Every ~500 days

Total

4

Last Release

3480d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.1PHP >=5.3.0

0.2.0PHP >=5.3.9

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

cachelockingphpshared-memoryabstractioncachecachinglockingapclockwincachepear2shm

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