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spiderling-php/attempt
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Retry something until it works

0.2.0(10y ago)080BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Sep 14Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Attempt
=======

[](#attempt)

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Retry something until it works

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

[](#installation)

Install via composer

```
composer require spiderling-php/attempt

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$attempt = new Attempt(function () {
    return ... // Try to do something
});

// Configure timeout and frequency of tries
$attempt->setTimeout(3000);
$attempt->setStep(50);

// Check how many times it will try before timing out
echo $attempt->getTries();

return $attempt->execute();
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Copyright (c) 2015, Clippings Ltd. Developed by Ivan Kerin

Under BSD-3-Clause license, read LICENSE file.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~121 days

Total

2

Last Release

3768d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/506129?v=4)[Harry Dobrev](/maintainers/hkdobrev)[@hkdobrev](https://github.com/hkdobrev)

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Top Contributors

[![ivank](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4976?v=4)](https://github.com/ivank "ivank (7 commits)")

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