php/php-langspec resource
PHP Language Specification observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4419
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 851
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2283 stars · 266 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The official community-owned, open-source specification of the PHP language, describing its syntax and semantics. It serves as a normative reference for implementers and contributors rather than a tutorial or runtime tool.
Use cases
- understand the formal PHP language specification
- implement a PHP interpreter or compiler
- check exact PHP syntax and semantics rules
- contribute to PHP language standardization
- resolve ambiguity about PHP language behavior
- build PHP tooling like linters or static analyzers against a spec
When to choose
- you need a normative, precise reference for PHP language behavior
- you are building an alternative PHP implementation or language tooling
- you want to contribute to or track the PHP specification process
When to avoid
- you want a beginner tutorial or practical PHP manual (use php.net docs instead)
- you need runtime libraries, frameworks, or packages
- you only need API/function reference documentation
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation programming-language programming-languages documentation web-development php cross-platform language-specification php-spec standards reference-document
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/php/php-langspec · fetched 2026-08-28 · daa2f2d52773
- homepage: http://www.php.net · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8e965edd8e3a
- site_page: https://www.php.net/docs.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2ebac32f131e
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/getting-started.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · ab6a47e3786e
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · e754abca87dd
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · 99a4af7cdb48
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.cookies.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · e9463556acd1
- site_page: https://www.php.net/releases/8.5/index.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · f04b3fc2cb55
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/security.cgi-bin.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · 50258b7db787
- site_page: https://www.php.net/manual/en/security.apache.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · b0548a78e295
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| php/php-langspec | main | 32 |
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