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symfony/polyfill-io-poll
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Symfony polyfill for the Io\\Poll API

v1.41.0(1mo ago)011MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Jul 2Pushed 2w agoCompare

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Symfony Polyfill / Io / Poll
============================

[](#symfony-polyfill--io--poll)

This component provides the [`Io\Poll` API](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/poll_api)added to PHP 8.6 core, for PHP >= 8.1:

- `Io\Poll\Context`, `Io\Poll\Watcher` and `StreamPollHandle`
- `Io\Poll\Backend` and `Io\Poll\Event` enums
- `Io\IoException` and the `Io\Poll\*Exception` hierarchy

The polyfill is backed by `stream_select()`, so only the `Poll` backend is available and edge-triggering is not supported. Event detection follows the semantics of the native `poll` backend as closely as `select()` allows: `Event::Error` is only reported for connection resets, `Event::ReadHangUp` is never reported, and a TCP half-close reports `Read|HangUp` where native reports plain `Read`. The phpt tests of the native implementation, borrowed from php-src, run against the polyfill as part of the test suite.

`Context::wait()` takes its timeout as a `Time\Duration`. That class is not required to call `wait()` without a timeout; install `symfony/polyfill-time`to build one on PHP < 8.6.

More information can be found in the [main Polyfill README](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/blob/main/README.md).

License
=======

[](#license)

This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

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 ~35 days

Total

2

Last Release

15d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot)

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Top Contributors

[![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (2 commits)")

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