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symfony/polyfill-php83
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Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 8.3+ features to lower PHP versions

v1.38.1(2w ago)431318.7M↓23%620MITPHPPHP >=7.2

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Symfony Polyfill / Php83
========================

[](#symfony-polyfill--php83)

This component provides features added to PHP 8.3 core:

- [`json_validate`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/json_validate)
- [`Override`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/marking_overriden_methods)
- [`mb_str_pad`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mb_str_pad)
- [`ldap_exop_sync`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_functions_with_overloaded_signatures)
- [`ldap_connect_wallet`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_functions_with_overloaded_signatures)
- [`stream_context_set_options`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_functions_with_overloaded_signatures)
- [`str_increment` and `str_decrement`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/saner-inc-dec-operators)
- [`Date*Exception/Error classes`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/datetime-exceptions)
- [`SQLite3Exception`](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/sqlite3_exceptions)

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

67

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FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity73

Solid adoption and visibility

Community38

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.1% 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 ~100 days

Recently: every ~11 days

Total

14

Last Release

13d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.27.0PHP >=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)

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Top Contributors

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