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deviscoding/php-polyfill
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PHP Polyfill functions, interfaces, and classes in a PHP 7.0 friendly library for legacy applications.

1.85.2(5mo ago)0151MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Jan 20Pushed 5mo agoCompare

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PHP Polyfill
============

[](#php-polyfill)

Polyfill code for commonly used PHP functions not present in older versions, in a library that is PHP 7.0 friendly for legacy applications.

Many polyfill functions are from [symfony/polyfills](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill) and are attributed in the PHPdoc to their contributors.

Polyfills Included
------------------

[](#polyfills-included)

NameTypePHP Version`array_key_first`Function[7.3](https://php.net/array_key_first)`array_key_last`Function[7.3](https://php.net/array_key_last)`is_countable`Function[7.3](https://php.net/is_countable)`get_debug_type`Function[8.0](https://php.net/get_debug_type)`str_contains`Function[8.0](https://php.net/str_contains)`str_starts_with`Function[8.0](https://php.net/str_starts_with)`str_ends_with`Function[8.0](https://php.net/str_ends_with)`Stringable`Interface[8.0](https://php.net/stringable)`ValueErrror`Class[8.0](https://php.net/valueerror)`array_is_list`Function[8.1](https://php.net/array_is_list)`json_validate`Function[8.3](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-validate.php)`array_first`Function[8.5](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-first.php)`array_last`Function[8.5](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-last.php)Versioning
----------

[](#versioning)

The minor version indicates the latest PHP version *from* which some functionality is included.

The major version can be used to match compatibility *with* a specific PHP version:

- All 1.x releases will maintain compatibility with PHP 7.0

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Every ~13 days

Total

2

Last Release

151d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![jonesiscoding](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5215554?v=4)](https://github.com/jonesiscoding "jonesiscoding (5 commits)")

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