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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. symfony/polyfill-php56 ActiveMetapackage[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) symfony/polyfill-php56 ====================== Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 5.6+ features to lower PHP versions v1.20.0(5y ago)1.6k204.0M—5.3%220MITPHP >=7.1 Since Nov 4Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-php56)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/polyfill-php56)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-polyfill-php56/feed)WikiDiscussions 1.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (29)Used By (20) Symfony Polyfill / Php56 ======================== [](#symfony-polyfill--php56) This component provides functions unavailable in releases prior to PHP 5.6: - [`hash_equals`](https://php.net/hash_equals) (part of [hash](https://php.net/hash) extension) - [`ldap_escape`](https://php.net/ldap_escape) (part of [ldap](https://php.net/ldap) extension) More information can be found in the [main Polyfill README](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/blob/master/README.md). License ======= [](#license) This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE). ### Health Score 52 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity73 Solid adoption and visibility Community32 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity69 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 58.5% 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 ~64 days Recently: every ~25 days Total 29 Last Release 2033d ago PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.3 v1.20.0PHP >=7.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot) --- Top Contributors [![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (24 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (3 commits)")[![ChadSikorra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/388229?v=4)](https://github.com/ChadSikorra "ChadSikorra (1 commits)")[![fisharebest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2306088?v=4)](https://github.com/fisharebest "fisharebest (1 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (1 commits)")[![IonBazan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1985514?v=4)](https://github.com/IonBazan "IonBazan (1 commits)")[![JakeFr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5176129?v=4)](https://github.com/JakeFr "JakeFr (1 commits)")[![JanJakes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/141436?v=4)](https://github.com/JanJakes "JanJakes (1 commits)")[![jeroenvisser101](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1941348?v=4)](https://github.com/jeroenvisser101 "jeroenvisser101 (1 commits)")[![keradus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716794?v=4)](https://github.com/keradus "keradus (1 commits)")[![lyrixx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/408368?v=4)](https://github.com/lyrixx "lyrixx (1 commits)")[![robfrawley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3967713?v=4)](https://github.com/robfrawley "robfrawley (1 commits)")[![samnela](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1852108?v=4)](https://github.com/samnela "samnela (1 commits)")[![azjezz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29315886?v=4)](https://github.com/azjezz "azjezz (1 commits)")[![stof](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=4)](https://github.com/stof "stof (1 commits)")[![carusogabriel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16328050?v=4)](https://github.com/carusogabriel "carusogabriel (1 commits)") --- Tags componentphppolyfillsymfonysymfony-componentcompatibilityportablepolyfillshim ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/symfony-polyfill-php56/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/symfony-polyfill-php56/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/symfony-polyfill-php56) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/polyfill-mbstring Symfony polyfill for the Mbstring extension 7.8k1.2B515](/packages/symfony-polyfill-mbstring)[symfony/polyfill-php72 Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 7.2+ features to lower PHP versions 4.7k674.7M31](/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)[symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer Symfony polyfill for intl's Normalizer class and related functions 2.1k830.2M36](/packages/symfony-polyfill-intl-normalizer)[symfony/polyfill-php73 Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 7.3+ features to lower PHP versions 2.4k581.8M67](/packages/symfony-polyfill-php73)[symfony/polyfill-php80 Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 8.0+ features to lower PHP versions 1.7k815.2M457](/packages/symfony-polyfill-php80) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)