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raigu/php80-stringable-polyfill
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Polyfill to backport PHP8.0 Stringable feature to lower PHP versions

v1.0.0(6y ago)0237MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Apr 19Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Plyfill of Stringable interface of PHP8.0 to PHP7.4+
====================================================

[](#plyfill-of-stringable-interface-of-php80-to-php74)

Allows to use [Stringable interface](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable), which will be in PHP8.0, in PHP7.4+.

Motivation
==========

[](#motivation)

Current polyfill in [sympfony/polyfill](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill) did not meet my needs.

First it did not follow explicitly the same interface signature ([link](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/blob/master/src/Php80/Resources/stubs/Stringable.php)) as in [proposal](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable#proposal) (return type missing).

Secondly I discovered from [\_\_toString](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#object.tostring) documentation that it was not possible to throw an exception from within a \_\_toString() method before PHP 7.4.0. Doing so will result in a fatal error. The symphony/polyfill does not warn about it and allows to use polyfill starting from PHP 7.0.8. This package is explicit about this restriction in composer.json thus avoiding misuse.

Install
=======

[](#install)

```
$ composer require raigu/php80-stringable-polyfill
```

License
=======

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md)

Acknowledgments
===============

[](#acknowledgments)

I would like to thank Guilliam Xavier for [posting](https://externals.io/message/108214#108475) alternative names to Stringable interface. Although his recommendations where not accepted Google picked up the keywords. I was solving the same problem and where checking up my name candidates when I stumbled to Guilliam's post. Instead of continuing my own now I can create future compatible solutions that are easier to justify.

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2255d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![raigu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3442567?v=4)](https://github.com/raigu "raigu (3 commits)")

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Tags

compatibilityportablepolyfillstringable

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