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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. doctrine/instantiator ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) doctrine/instantiator ===================== A small, lightweight utility to instantiate objects in PHP without invoking their constructors 2.1.0(4mo ago)11.0k853.3M—4.5%60[1 issues](https://github.com/doctrine/instantiator/issues)20MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing Since Aug 13Pushed 1mo ago22 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/doctrine/instantiator)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/doctrine/instantiator)[ Docs](https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/instantiator.html)[ Fund](https://www.doctrine-project.org/sponsorship.html)[ Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/phpdoctrine)[ RSS](/packages/doctrine-instantiator/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.1.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (5)Versions (30)Used By (20) Doctrine Instantiator ===================== [](#doctrine-instantiator) This library provides a way of avoiding usage of constructors when instantiating PHP classes. 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Credits ------- [](#credits) This library was migrated from [ocramius/instantiator](https://github.com/Ocramius/Instantiator), which has been donated to the doctrine organization, and which is now deprecated in favour of this package. ### Health Score 82 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance84 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity86 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community53 Growing community involvement Maturity91 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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. 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