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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. symfony/polyfill-php72 ActiveMetapackage[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) symfony/polyfill-php72 ====================== Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 7.2+ features to lower PHP versions v1.31.0(1y ago)4.7k674.7M—2.7%620MITPHP >=7.2 Since Jun 9Pushed 1y ago6 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-php72)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/polyfill-php72)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-polyfill-php72/feed)WikiDiscussions 1.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (33)Used By (20) Symfony Polyfill / Php72 ======================== [](#symfony-polyfill--php72) This component provides functions added to PHP 7.2 core: - [`spl_object_id`](https://php.net/spl_object_id) - [`stream_isatty`](https://php.net/stream_isatty) And also functions added to PHP 7.2 mbstring: - [`mb_ord`](https://php.net/mb_ord) - [`mb_chr`](https://php.net/mb_chr) - [`mb_scrub`](https://php.net/mb_scrub) On Windows only: - [`sapi_windows_vt100_support`](https://php.net/sapi_windows_vt100_support) Moved to core since 7.2 (was in the optional XML extension earlier): - [`utf8_encode`](https://php.net/utf8_encode) - [`utf8_decode`](https://php.net/utf8_decode) Also, it provides constants added to PHP 7.2: - [`PHP_FLOAT_*`](https://php.net/reserved.constants#constant.php-float-dig) - [`PHP_OS_FAMILY`](https://php.net/reserved.constants#constant.php-os-family) 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 58 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance34 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity80 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community35 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity69 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 62.3% 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 ~82 days Recently: every ~148 days Total 33 Last Release 616d ago PHP version history (3 changes)v1.4.0PHP >=5.3.3 v1.20.0PHP >=7.1 v1.31.0PHP >=7.2 ### 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 (38 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (4 commits)")[![keradus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716794?v=4)](https://github.com/keradus "keradus (3 commits)")[![azjezz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29315886?v=4)](https://github.com/azjezz "azjezz (2 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)")[![johnstevenson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/881777?v=4)](https://github.com/johnstevenson "johnstevenson (1 commits)")[![kbond](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127811?v=4)](https://github.com/kbond "kbond (1 commits)")[![llaville](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/364342?v=4)](https://github.com/llaville "llaville (1 commits)")[![lyrixx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/408368?v=4)](https://github.com/lyrixx "lyrixx (1 commits)")[![RGustBardon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1412877?v=4)](https://github.com/RGustBardon "RGustBardon (1 commits)")[![samnela](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1852108?v=4)](https://github.com/samnela "samnela (1 commits)")[![TysonAndre](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1904430?v=4)](https://github.com/TysonAndre "TysonAndre (1 commits)")[![adawolfa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92433271?v=4)](https://github.com/adawolfa "adawolfa (1 commits)")[![xabbuh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1957048?v=4)](https://github.com/xabbuh "xabbuh (1 commits)")[![carusogabriel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16328050?v=4)](https://github.com/carusogabriel "carusogabriel (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)") --- Tags compatibilitycomponentjavascriptpolyfillportableshimsymfonysymfony-componentsymfony-polyfillcompatibilityportablepolyfillshim ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/symfony-polyfill-php72/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/symfony-polyfill-php72/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/symfony-polyfill-php72) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/polyfill-mbstring Symfony polyfill for the Mbstring extension 7.8k1.2B515](/packages/symfony-polyfill-mbstring)[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)[symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme Symfony polyfill for intl's grapheme\_\* functions 1.7k702.8M27](/packages/symfony-polyfill-intl-grapheme) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)