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totten/php-symbol-diff
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Identify changes in PHP code by symbol (class/method)

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php-symbol-diff
===============

[](#php-symbol-diff)

This command compares two PHP source files and identifies the names of any symbols (classes, functions, methods, properties) which were added, removed, or modified.

```
# Compare two files
php-symbol-diff old.php new.php

# Compare a file with an older revision in git
git show abcd1234:/some/file.php | php-symbol-diff /dev/stdin some/file.php

# Compare all the files in different git commits
git-php-symbol-diff v1.0 v1.1

# Compare all files in a subdirectory for different git commits
git-php-symbol-diff v1.0 v1.1 -- my/sub/dir
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Run [phpunit](https://phpunit.de/).

> Tests are based on `\PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase`, which is no longer provided by the latest PHPUnit. The tests have been successfully with PHPUnit 3, 4, and 5.

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1336047?v=4)[Tim Otten](/maintainers/totten)[@totten](https://github.com/totten)

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Top Contributors

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