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symfony/validator
=================

Provides tools to validate values

v8.1.1(6d ago)2.7k306.4M—5.4%106[4 issues](https://github.com/symfony/validator/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/symfony/validator/pulls)20MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4.1

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Validator Component
===================

[](#validator-component)

The Validator component provides tools to validate values following the [JSR-303 Bean Validation specification](https://symfony.com/backers).

Sponsor
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This package is looking for a [backer](https://symfony.com/backers).

Help Symfony by [sponsoring](https://symfony.com/sponsor) its development!

Resources
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[](#resources)

- [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/validator.html)
- [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html)
- [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony)

###  Health Score

89

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance99

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity82

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community61

Healthy contributor diversity

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 ~6 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

813

Last Release

3d ago

Major Versions

v7.4.9 → v8.0.92026-04-30

v7.4.10 → v8.0.102026-05-05

v6.4.42 → v7.4.142026-06-27

v7.4.14 → v8.0.142026-06-27

7.4.x-dev → 8.0.x-dev2026-06-27

PHP version history (15 changes)2.0.4PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v2.1.0PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.9PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

v4.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.1.0-RC2PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v4.4.10PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v6.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0PHP &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

![](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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