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remotelyliving/php-cache-adapter
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A lightweight PSR6 / PSR16 cache adapter library for common caching scenarios

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php-cache-adapter:
==================

[](#php-cache-adapter)

### 💰 A PSR-6 and PSR-16 Cache Implementation For PHP 💰

[](#-a-psr-6-and-psr-16-cache-implementation-for-php-)

### Use Cases

[](#use-cases)

If you want a lightweight, no frills PSR-6 / PSR-16 cache Memcache, Redis, or Memory adapter, this is for you. This library as born out of the idea that many other libraries offer way too much functionality for cache adapters and end up being overly complex or underperformant.

This library seeks to address the three most common cache storage mechanisms in the PHP ecosystem and not much more.

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require remotelyliving/php-cache-adapter
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

#### [SimpleCache](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-16-simple-cache.md)

[](#simplecache)

Simple Cache is the PSR-16 implementation of a simple cache adapter. Below are the different adapters you can create and use.

```
// Memcached flavor Simple Cache
$memcached = new \Memcached();
$memcached->addServer($memcacheHost, $memcachePort);
$memcachedAdapter = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\SimpleCache\Memcached::create($memcached);

// Redis Simple Cache
$redis = new \Redis();
$redis->pconnect($redisHost, $redisPort, $timeout);
$redisAdapter = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\SimpleCache\Redis::create($redis);

// Memory / Runtime Simple Cache
$memoryAdapter = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\SimpleCache\Memory::create($maxItemsForArray); // can set max items to keep in array

// APCu
$apcu = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\SimpleCache\APCu::create();

// Chain adapter calls through all adapters until values are found in order of FIFO
// so here we would check memory first, then Memcache, then Redis
$chainAdapter = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\SimpleCache\Chain::create($memoryAdapter, $memcachedAdapter, $redisAdapter);
```

#### [CacheItemPool](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-6-cache.md)

[](#cacheitempool)

Cache Item Pool is the PSR-6 implementation this library provides. You can create a CacheItemPool with a cache extension OR any of the PSR-16 Simple Cache adapters.

```
$memcached = new \Memcached();
$memcached->addServer('127.0.0.1', 11211);

$redis = new \Redis();
$redis->pconnect('127.0.0.1', 6379, 30);

$memcacheCacheItemPool = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\CacheItemPool::createMemcached($memcached, 'namespace');
// OR
$redisCacheItemPool = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\CacheItemPool::createRedis($redis, 'namespace');
// OR
$inMemoryCacheItemPool = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\CacheItemPool::createMemory($maxItems, 'namespace');
// OR
$apcuCacheItemPool = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\CacheItemPool::createAPCu();
// OR
$cacheItemPool = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\CacheItemPool::createFromSimpleCache($chainAdapter, 'namespace');
// OR
$chain = RemotelyLiving\PHPCacheAdapter\CacheItemPool\ChainBuilder::create('namespace', 300)
    ->addMemory()
    ->addAPCu()
    ->addMemcached($memcached)
    ->addRedis($redis)
    ->build();
```

#### Future Development

[](#future-development)

- Consider adding a filesystem storage mechanism

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2277d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2728347?v=4)[Christian Thomas](/maintainers/remotelyliving)[@remotelyliving](https://github.com/remotelyliving)

---

Tags

rediscachepsr-16psr-6apcumemcachecache adapter

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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