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symfony/polyfill-php80

Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 8.0+ features to lower PHP versions observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/symfony/polyfill-php80 · homepage · PHP · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

84/100

  • Activity 79
  • Release rhythm 81
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 3
  • age_days: 2409
  • days_rel: 129
  • days_push: 129
  • n_releases_24m: 4

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1725 stars · 26 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Symfony component that backports PHP 8.0 core features (such as str_contains, str_starts_with, str_ends_with, Stringable, ValueError, and PhpToken) to older PHP versions. It lets libraries and applications use PHP 8.0 APIs while still running on PHP 7.x.

Use cases

  • use str_contains and str_starts_with on PHP 7.4
  • make my library compatible with older PHP versions
  • backport PHP 8.0 features to PHP 7
  • get Stringable interface and ValueError on legacy PHP
  • run code using PhpToken on PHP 7
  • avoid version checks for PHP 8 string functions

When to choose

  • you maintain a library supporting both PHP 7 and PHP 8
  • you need PHP 8.0 core functions/classes on older runtimes
  • you want a tiny, MIT-licensed, widely-tested compatibility shim

When to avoid

  • your code targets PHP 8.0+ only
  • you need polyfills for newer PHP versions like 8.1 or 8.2 (use the matching polyfill packages)

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cross-platform php cli polyfill shim php8 compatibility symfony-component

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