php/php-src
The PHP Interpreter observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
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: 0
- age_days: 5558
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 60
Adoption not part of the score
40316 stars · 8136 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
php-src is the official C source code of the PHP interpreter, a popular general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. It builds the php and php-cgi binaries, ships an extensive test suite, and powers PHP releases from 8.2 through 8.6.
Use cases
- build the PHP interpreter from source
- run PHP scripts from the command line
- serve dynamic web pages with PHP
- contribute to PHP language development
- test PHP core with the built-in test suite
- embed a PHP runtime in another application
When to choose
- you need to build a custom or debug PHP binary
- you want to contribute patches to the PHP language or core extensions
- you need a PHP version not available as a prebuilt package
- you are developing or testing PHP itself across platforms
When to avoid
- you just want to run PHP applications - install a prebuilt package instead
- you want a PHP framework or library for web development
- you are not comfortable compiling C projects with autoconf, bison, and re2c
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
interpreter programming-language http-server cli programming-languages web-development backend developer-tools windows cross-platform cli php interpreter scripting-language web-scripting c-implementation linux macos web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/php/php-src · fetched 2026-08-28 · ab6a43ccb987
- homepage: https://www.php.net · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1f8ca0b9d260
- 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-src | main | 98 |
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