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superrb/memcached-handler
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A handler for Memcached to use for Session handling and caching in Symfony

1.1.3(6y ago)0165MITPHP

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Symfony Memcached Handler
=========================

[](#symfony-memcached-handler)

A handler for Memcached to use for Session handling and caching in Symfony

Install the bundle
------------------

[](#install-the-bundle)

`composer require superrb/memcached-handler`

Create some environment variables
---------------------------------

[](#create-some-environment-variables)

```
###> superrb/memcached-handler ###
MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
MEMCACHED_PORT=11211
MEMCACHED_EXPIRE=14400
MEMCACHED_PREFIX=prefix_
###< superrb/memcached-handler ###
```

Storing sessions in Memcached
-----------------------------

[](#storing-sessions-in-memcached)

Add the following configuration to `config/packages/framework.yaml`

```
framework:
    session:
        handler_id: superrb_memcached_handler.session.handler.memcached
```

Other uses
----------

[](#other-uses)

You can use use the handler to create services for anything else you might want to store in Memcached

Issues and Troubleshooting
--------------------------

[](#issues-and-troubleshooting)

All issues:

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~8 days

Total

5

Last Release

2537d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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cms

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