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empaphy/polyphill
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A metapackage for PHP that installs the polyfills you need, and removes those that are redundant.

1.0.0(1y ago)150.8k↓64.9%2MITPHP >=5.3.3

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polyphill
=========

[](#polyphill)

*The one-size-fits-all polyfill for PHP.*

Polyphill is a metapackage for PHP that installs the polyfills you need, and removes those that are redundant.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require 'empaphy/polyphill:^1'
```

How does it work?
-----------------

[](#how-does-it-work)

Polyphill does some clever composer dependency tricks to ensure that polyfills are only installed if your composer dependencies contain an explicit requirement for a polyfillable extension not natively provided by your platform.

This keeps your vendor directory free from unused packages in the best-case scenario, while ensuring maximum compatability on environments that miss any required extensions.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

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

604d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17518a08933290f58c1665feec25cf0939d1c6413b7b4cc25ef6d965b9fcc473?d=identicon)[Alwin Garside](/maintainers/Alwin%20Garside)

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Top Contributors

[![AlwinGarside](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/193043?v=4)](https://github.com/AlwinGarside "AlwinGarside (1 commits)")

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Tags

compatibilityportablepolyfillshim

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