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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat ActivePhpcodesniffer-standard[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat ================================================ A ruleset for PHP\_CodeSniffer to check for PHP cross-version compatibility issues in projects, while accounting for polyfills provided by ircmaxell's password\_compat library. 1.0.6(7mo ago)9966.9k↓23.1%22LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPCI passing Since Oct 7Pushed 1mo ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat)[ Docs](http://phpcompatibility.com/)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/jrfnl)[ RSS](/packages/phpcompatibility-phpcompatibility-passwordcompat/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (8)Dependencies (3)Versions (11)Used By (2) PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat ============================== [](#phpcompatibilitypasswordcompat) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/16ecdb6ee0d45297ff63bf11ffbab580722889ccdcdff7896461270892e9187b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f706870636f6d7061746962696c6974792f706870636f6d7061746962696c6974792d70617373776f7264636f6d7061743f6c6162656c3d737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1af088c2553fc488f9bb65b8c595de611645d181c95a4950de32439a6b5fdd5d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f706870636f6d7061746962696c6974792f706870636f6d7061746962696c6974792d70617373776f7264636f6d7061743f696e636c7564655f70726572656c6561736573266c6162656c3d7072652d72656c65617365)](https://packagist.org/packages/phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5bb371bc5b2d1e3a7c3d89e45ee99c5be8a393ddee393538c9178f41dbfaf1a8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f504850436f6d7061746962696c6974792f504850436f6d7061746962696c69747950617373776f7264436f6d7061743f636f6c6f723d303061376137)](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat/blob/master/LICENSE)[![Build Status](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat/actions/workflows/ci.yml) Using PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat, you can analyse the codebase of a project using [@ircmaxell](https://github.com/ircmaxell/)'s [password\_compat](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat) polyfill library, for PHP cross-version compatibility. What's in this repo ? --------------------- [](#whats-in-this-repo-) A ruleset for PHP\_CodeSniffer to check for PHP cross-version compatibility issues in projects, while accounting for polyfills provided by [@ircmaxell](https://github.com/ircmaxell/)'s [password\_compat](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat) polyfill library. This ruleset prevents false positives from the [PHPCompatibility standard](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility) by excluding back-fills and polyfills which are provided by the `password_compat` library. Funding ------- [](#funding) **This project needs funding.** The project team has spend thousands of hours creating and maintaining the PHPCompatibility packages. This is unsustainable without funding. If you use PHPCompatibility, please fund this work by setting up a monthly contribution to the [PHP\_CodeSniffer Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/php_codesniffer). Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP > 5.4 - [PHP\_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer) >= 3.13.3. Use the latest stable release of PHP\_CodeSniffer for the best results. - [PHPCompatibility](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility) 10.0.0+. Installation instructions ------------------------- [](#installation-instructions) The only supported installation method is via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) will automatically install the project dependencies and register the external rulesets with PHP\_CodeSniffer using the [Composer PHPCS plugin](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer/). Run the following from the root of your project: ``` composer config allow-plugins.dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer true composer require --dev phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat:"^2.0@dev" ``` Next, run: ``` vendor/bin/phpcs -i ``` If all went well, you will now see that the `PHPCompatibility` and `PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat` standards are installed for PHP\_CodeSniffer. Upgrade instructions -------------------- [](#upgrade-instructions) To upgrade this package, run the following command: ``` composer update --dev phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat --with-dependencies ``` Tip If you have a *root* requirement in your project for one of the packages used by this project, you may need to update with `--with-all-dependencies` instead. How to use ---------- [](#how-to-use) You can now use the following command to inspect the code in your project for PHP cross-version compatibility: ``` vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat ``` By default, you will only receive notifications about deprecated and/or removed PHP features. To get the most out of the PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat standard, you should specify a `testVersion` to check against. That will enable the checks for both deprecated/removed PHP features as well as the detection of code using new PHP features. For example: ``` # For a project which should be compatible with PHP 5.3 up to and including PHP 7.0: vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat --runtime-set testVersion 5.3-7.0 # For a project which should be compatible with PHP 5.4 and higher: vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat --runtime-set testVersion 5.4- ``` For more detailed information about setting the `testVersion`, see the README of the generic [PHPCompatibility](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility#sniffing-your-code-for-compatibility-with-specific-php-versions) standard. ### Testing PHP files only [](#testing-php-files-only) By default PHP\_CodeSniffer < 4.0 will analyse PHP, JavaScript and CSS files. As the PHPCompatibility sniffs only target PHP code, you can make the run slightly faster by telling PHP\_CodeSniffer to only check PHP files, like so: ``` vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=PHPCompatibilityPasswordCompat --extensions=php --runtime-set testVersion 5.3- ``` License ------- [](#license) All code within the PHPCompatibility organisation is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). For more information, visit . ### Health Score 57 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance78 Regular maintenance activity Popularity46 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 80.8% 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 ~367 days Recently: every ~427 days Total 8 Last Release 209d ago Major Versions 1.0.6 → 2.0.0-alpha12025-10-21 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c276f443673da81d365a16828d46818ea4e3136f7ce05491abcc70f43c82fa4c?d=identicon)[jrfnl](/maintainers/jrfnl) ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c1ef3caa2b7d98cb0f2d9bee0e50c47d9a4613ccbb7b8b618b070384e0585604?d=identicon)[wimg](/maintainers/wimg) --- Top Contributors [![jrfnl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/663378?v=4)](https://github.com/jrfnl "jrfnl (101 commits)")[![wimg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/313511?v=4)](https://github.com/wimg "wimg (15 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (7 commits)")[![fredden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334786?v=4)](https://github.com/fredden "fredden (1 commits)")[![GaryJones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88371?v=4)](https://github.com/GaryJones "GaryJones (1 commits)") --- Tags phpphp-codesnifferphpcompatibilityphpcs-standardcompatibilitypolyfillstandardsphpcsstatic analysispassword\_compat ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/phpcompatibility-phpcompatibility-passwordcompat/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/phpcompatibility-phpcompatibility-passwordcompat/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/phpcompatibility-phpcompatibility-passwordcompat) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/polyfill-mbstring Symfony polyfill for the Mbstring extension 7.8k1.2B515](/packages/symfony-polyfill-mbstring)[symfony/polyfill-ctype Symfony polyfill for ctype functions 4.0k982.0M125](/packages/symfony-polyfill-ctype)[symfony/polyfill-php72 Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 7.2+ features to lower PHP versions 4.8k674.7M31](/packages/symfony-polyfill-php72)[symfony/polyfill-intl-idn Symfony polyfill for intl's idn\_to\_ascii and idn\_to\_utf8 functions 3.4k774.6M90](/packages/symfony-polyfill-intl-idn)[phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-paragonie A set of rulesets for PHP\_CodeSniffer to check for PHP cross-version compatibility issues in projects, while accounting for polyfills provided by the Paragonie polyfill libraries. 1031.3M10](/packages/phpcompatibility-phpcompatibility-paragonie)[symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer Symfony polyfill for intl's Normalizer class and related functions 2.1k830.2M36](/packages/symfony-polyfill-intl-normalizer) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)