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sharkmachine/provides
=====================

A skeleton package that provides polyfills that are not needed

4.0.1(1y ago)0225proprietaryPHP ~8.4.0

Since Jun 30Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Let's remove unnecessary clutter by providing it with a skeleton package
========================================================================

[](#lets-remove-unnecessary-clutter-by-providing-it-with-a-skeleton-package)

This package only provides common polyfills with the assumption that the extensions are installed. This prevents unneeded polyfills from being installed when they are not needed.

**Available versions:**

- 1.0 - PHP 8.1
- 2.0 - PHP 8.2
- 3.0 - PHP 8.3
- 4.0 - PHP 8.4

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sharkmachine/provides
```

Polyfills
=========

[](#polyfills)

The following packages are provided and won't be installed when this package is required:

PHP extension specific
----------------------

[](#php-extension-specific)

### Apache/FPM SAPI

[](#apachefpm-sapi)

- `ralouphie/getallheaders`

### Calendar

[](#calendar)

- `fisharebest/ext-calendar`

### Ctype

[](#ctype)

- `symfony/polyfill-ctype`

### Iconv

[](#iconv)

- `symfony/polyfill-iconv`

### Intl

[](#intl)

- `symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme`
- `symfony/polyfill-intl-idn`
- `symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer`
- `symfony/polyfill-intl-messageformatter`

### Mbstring

[](#mbstring)

- `symfony/polyfill-mbstring`

### Sodium

[](#sodium)

- `paragonie/sodium_compat`

PHP version specific
--------------------

[](#php-version-specific)

- `paragonie/random_compat`
- `symfony/polyfill-php54`
- `symfony/polyfill-php55`
- `symfony/polyfill-php56`
- `symfony/polyfill-php70`
- `symfony/polyfill-php71`
- `symfony/polyfill-php72`
- `symfony/polyfill-php73`
- `symfony/polyfill-php74`
- `symfony/polyfill-php80`
- `symfony/polyfill-php81`
- `symfony/polyfill-php82`
- `symfony/polyfill-php83`
- `symfony/polyfill-php84`

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~219 days

Total

5

Last Release

587d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02022-10-15

2.0.0 → 3.0.02024-10-08

3.0.0 → 4.0.02024-11-23

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP ~8.1.0

2.0.0PHP ~8.2.0

3.0.0PHP ~8.3.0

4.0.1PHP ~8.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7488694?v=4)[Petri Haikonen](/maintainers/SharkMachine)[@SharkMachine](https://github.com/SharkMachine)

---

Top Contributors

[![SharkMachine](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7488694?v=4)](https://github.com/SharkMachine "SharkMachine (18 commits)")

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