# php-fig/simple-cache

Repository: https://github.com/php-fig/simple-cache
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simple-cache
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2023-09-21T11:04:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3661, "days_push": 1077, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8075, forks 56 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.542382+00:00)

## What it is
PSR-16 Simple Cache standard interfaces for PHP, maintained by PHP-FIG. It defines only interfaces, not a cache implementation.

## Use cases
- standardize cache access across php libraries
- define a cache interface for a php package
- swap cache backends without changing code
- find psr-16 compliant cache implementations

## When to choose
- you are building a php library that needs cache-agnostic caching
- you want interoperability between caching libraries via a common interface

## When to avoid
- you need an actual working cache implementation
- your project does not follow PSR standards

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: caching
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: php
- tags: psr-16, interfaces, standards

## Member repositories
- php-fig/simple-cache (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.542382+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:31:20.925924+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/php-fig/simple-cache (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.542382+00:00, sha 3f6ceb3d1fa7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.