PHPackages tea/future - PHPackages - PHPackages [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register) 1. [Directory](/) 2. / 3. [Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. tea/future ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) tea/future ========== Polyfill backporting some PHP 5.4+, 5.5+ ,5.6+, 7.0+ and 7.1+ features to lower PHP versions. v0.1.0(9y ago)1100MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3 Since Nov 29Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/TeaLabs/future)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/tea/future)[ Docs](https://github.com/TeaLabs/future)[ RSS](/packages/tea-future/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (5)Versions (2)Used By (0) Tea Future ========== [](#tea-future) This package back-ports features found in the latest PHP versions. It provides many of the new features in PHP 5.4+, 5.5+ ,5.6+, 7.0+ and 7.1+ to lower PHP versions. > Most of these features are provided by [symfony polyfill](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill "Symfony Polyfill Package") PHP packages. Installation ------------ [](#installation) [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/ "Dependency Manager for PHP") is required to install and load the dependencies. On your composer managed project, run: ``` composer require tea/future ``` Then load [composer's](https://getcomposer.org/ "Dependency Manager for PHP") autoloader: ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; ``` Features -------- [](#features) Future provides many of the new PHP functions and classes introduced in PHP 5.4 through to PHP 7.1. Here are the back-ported features by PHP version: ### PHP 7.1+ [](#php-71) Functions: - [`is_iterable`](http://php.net/is_iterable) ### PHP 7.0+ [](#php-70) Functions: - [`intdiv`](http://php.net/intdiv) - [`preg_replace_callback_array`](http://php.net/preg_replace_callback_array) - [`error_clear_last`](http://php.net/error_clear_last) - `random_bytes` and `random_int` (from [paragonie/random\_compat](https://github.com/paragonie/random_compat)) Classes: - [`*Error` throwable classes](http://php.net/Error) #### Compatibility notes [](#compatibility-notes) To write portable code between PHP5 and PHP7, some care must be taken: - `\*Error` exceptions must be caught before `\Exception`; - after calling `error_clear_last()`, the result of `$e = error_get_last()` must be verified using `isset($e['message'][0])` instead of `null === $e`. ### PHP 5.6+ [](#php-56) Functions: - [`hash_equals`](http://php.net/hash_equals) (part of [hash](http://php.net/hash) extension) - [`ldap_escape`](http://php.net/ldap_escape) (part of [ldap](http://php.net/ldap) extension) PHP 5.5+ -------- [](#php-55) Functions: - [`boolval`](http://php.net/boolval) - [`json_last_error_msg`](http://php.net/json_last_error_msg) - [`array_column`](http://php.net/array_column) - [`hash_pbkdf2`](http://php.net/hash_pbkdf2) - `password_*` functions (from [ircmaxell/password\_compat](https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat)) PHP 5.4+ -------- [](#php-54) Functions: - [`trait_exists`](http://php.net/trait_exists) - [`class_uses`](http://php.net/class_uses) - [`hex2bin`](http://php.net/hex2bin) - [`session_register_shutdown`](http://php.net/session_register_shutdown) Other ----- [](#other) If you only need a polyfill for a specific PHP version, you can simply install the respective [`symfony/polyfill-phpXX`](https://github.com/symfony/polyfill "Symfony Polyfill Package") package. License ------- [](#license) This library is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE). ### Health Score 24 — LowBetter than 32% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity48 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 Unknown Total 1 Last Release 3453d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d55265b6d1f06d4d42a28e06b71bdec921e3f1eccff0a0bd2b7bb9f82eb07db?d=identicon)[davidkyalo](/maintainers/davidkyalo) --- Top Contributors [![davidkyalo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1615382?v=4)](https://github.com/davidkyalo "davidkyalo (19 commits)") --- Tags compatibilityportablepolyfillshim ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/tea-future/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/tea-future/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/tea-future) ``` ### 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 4.8k674.7M31](/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)