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ajf/php4\_constructor\_finder
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Finds PHP4-style constructors

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PHP 4 Constructor Finder
========================

[](#php-4-constructor-finder)

Name says it all. It's a tiny little PHP script that uses Nikita Popov's [PHP-Parser](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser) to find PHP 4 constructors.

What are PHP 4 constructors? These:

```
class Bar {
    public function Bar() {
    }
}

```

If you didn't know (oh dear god), the modern way to make a constructor is `public function __construct()` - but for backwards-compatibility, we keep around this thing where a function with the same name of the class is magically a constructor. Yuck.

This is a problem, because what if you make a class called `Filter` with a method called `filter`? Uh-oh.

So, Levi Morrison [wrote an RFC to get rid of this](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_php4_constructors), and I wrote this at his request. It finds PHP4 constructors. That's it, really.

Installation and Usage
----------------------

[](#installation-and-usage)

For development, `composer install` in the checked-out repo. For normal use, `composer install -g ajf/PHP4_Constructor_Finder`.

Command line usage is `finder file1.php file2.php ...`.

Run the tests with `vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php src/tests.php`.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4246d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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