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ducks-project/polyfill-enum
===========================

Polyfill for PHP enumerations interface.

1.x-dev(1y ago)113MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Sep 25Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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polyfill-enum
=============

[](#polyfill-enum)

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

This component provides features added to PHP 8.1 core:

- [UnitEnum](./assets/documentation/UnitEnum.md#The-UnitEnum-interface)
- [BackedEnum](./assets/documentation/BackedEnum.md#The-BackedEnum-interface)

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity23

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

600d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0642cbb897484fb50a72d1c6f9e4ea6f53f776a3bfc0fdb36cd2b1536b0c1872?d=identicon)[donaldinou](/maintainers/donaldinou)

---

Top Contributors

[![donaldinou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/429269?v=4)](https://github.com/donaldinou "donaldinou (14 commits)")

---

Tags

polyfillphpenumenumeratorcompatunitEnumbackedEnumpooenum\_exists

###  Code Quality

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