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symfony/expression-language
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Provides an engine that can compile and evaluate expressions

v8.1.1(3w ago)2.8k223.4M—8.9%4520MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4.1

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ExpressionLanguage Component
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[](#expressionlanguage-component)

The ExpressionLanguage component provides an engine that can compile and evaluate expressions. An expression is a one-liner that returns a value (mostly, but not limited to, Booleans).

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- [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/expression_language/introduction.html)
- [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html)
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###  Health Score

87

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ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity80

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community56

Growing community involvement

Maturity100

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

557

Last Release

26d ago

Major Versions

v6.4.32 → v7.3.102026-01-05

v7.4.4 → v8.0.42026-01-05

v7.4.8 → v8.0.82026-03-30

v6.4.42 → v7.4.142026-06-08

7.4.x-dev → v8.0.142026-06-09

PHP version history (14 changes)v2.4.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.8PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

v4.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.1PHP ^7.2.5

v4.4.10PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v5.0.11PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v6.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.2

v8.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4

v8.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4.1

### Community

Maintainers

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