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perimeter/rate-limiter-php
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A very simple Rate Limiter for PHP

v0.1.1(11y ago)1715.4k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 31Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare

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Perimeter RateLimiter
=====================

[](#perimeter-ratelimiter)

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Rate Limit those APIs!

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer.phar require perimeter/rate-limiter-php:dev-develop

```

> This library can be used alongside the [perimeter/RateLimitBundle](https://github.com/perimeter/RateLimitBundle) for Symfony2 applications. See the repository for more instructions.

Get Started
-----------

[](#get-started)

Create your throttler:

```
include_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$redis = new Predis\Client();
$throttler = new Perimeter\RateLimiter\Throttler\RedisThrottler($redis);
```

Ensure redis is running by executing the `redis-server` command on the web server where the library is running:

```
$ redis-server

```

Now you can throttle your users accordingly!

```
// Create a meter ID based on something unique to your user
// In this case we use the IP. This can also be a username,
// company, or some other authenticated property
$meterId = sprintf('ip_address:%s', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
$warnThreshold = 10;
$limitThreshold = 20;

// run the "consume" command
$throttler->consume($meterId, $warnThreshold, $limitThreshold);

if ($throttler->isLimitWarning()) {
    echo "slow down!";
}

if ($throttler->isLimitExceeded()) {
    exit("you have been rate limited");
}
```

And that's it!

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4066d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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