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studio24/http-cache-clear
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Clear old cache data from the Symfony HTTP Cache (filesystem) based on an expiry time

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Clear the expired items from HTTP Cache on the command line
===========================================================

[](#clear-the-expired-items-from-http-cache-on-the-command-line)

Symfony's [HTTP Cache](https://symfony.com/doc/current/http_cache.html) is a powerful way to cache entire HTTP responses and provide fast, full-page caching for your website or web application.

However, due to a [known flaw](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/6855) if you use the default filesystem method to store HTTP Cache files this does not clean up expired cache files, which can fill up a disk drive.

We created this small tool to help delete the expired cache files from Symfony's HTTP Cache.

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

[](#installation)

Install via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require studio24/http-cache-clear

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The default command clears the HTTP Cache of cache files that are 4 hours or older.

```
./bin/http-cache-clear

```

By default the command clears the cache in `var/cache` for the `prod` environment and for all files older than `4` hours. You can change these options on the command line. View help to see how:

```
./bin/http-cache-clear -h

```

One note on the `--path` option. The command appends the environment and `http_cache` folder, so the following command actually clears the HTTP cache in `cache/prod/http_cache`.

```
./bin/http-cache-clear --path=cache

```

The default is to clear all files older than 4 hours. You can change this by passing the `expiry` argument.

```
./bin/http-cache-clear var/cache --expiry=24

```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Run phpunit:

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Run codesniffer:

```
./vendor/bin/phpcs

```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Maria Beznea](https://www.studio24.net/)
- [Simon R Jones](https://github.com/simonrjones)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% of commits — single point of failure

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**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 ~42 days

Total

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Last Release

2317d ago

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