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firehed/php7ize
===============

Tools to quickly add PHP7 features to your existing codebase

0.0.5(9y ago)141722[6 issues](https://github.com/Firehed/php7ize/issues)MITPHP

Since May 24Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare

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php7ize
=======

[](#php7ize)

php7ize is a command-line utility for quickly adding PHP7 features to a PHP5 codebase.

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

[](#installation)

The only officially-supported method of installation is via Composer and Packagist. Because this is not intended to be treated as a project dependency, it's recommended to be installed globally:

```
composer global require firehed/php7ize

```

If you have not already done so, add Composer's global `bin` directory to your `PATH`:

```
# ~/.bash_profile
export PATH=$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

(more details coming soon)

Updating
--------

[](#updating)

Use Composer's global update mechanism:

```
composer global update

```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see more information in CONTRIBUTING.md

Future features
---------------

[](#future-features)

All features are subject to change. Feel free to add a suggestion by adding a Github issue.

- Drastically improve the internal implementation (use/access an AST?)
- Improve/test type hint for variadic functions
- Add test coverage for interfaces, traits, and abstract classes
- Auto-rename PHP4-style constructors?

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance11

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~156 days

Total

5

Last Release

3387d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354842?v=4)[Eric Stern](/maintainers/Firehed)[@Firehed](https://github.com/Firehed)

---

Top Contributors

[![Firehed](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354842?v=4)](https://github.com/Firehed "Firehed (60 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/firehed-php7ize/health.svg)

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