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wimg/php-compatibility
======================

A set of sniffs for PHP\_CodeSniffer that checks for PHP cross-version compatibility.

9.3.5(6y ago)2.3k2.1M↑20.4%[4 PRs](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/pulls)20LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHP &gt;=5.3

Since Apr 4Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/wimg/php-compatibility)[ Docs](http://techblog.wimgodden.be/tag/codesniffer/)[ RSS](/packages/wimg-php-compatibility/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (44)Used By (20)

### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility).

###  Health Score

49

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity58

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community36

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.7% 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 ~133 days

Recently: every ~552 days

Total

33

Last Release

171d ago

Major Versions

5.6 → 7.02016-07-01

7.1.5 → 8.0.02017-08-02

8.2.0 → 9.0.02018-10-07

9.3.5 → 10.0.0-alpha12025-10-20

PHP version history (3 changes)5.5PHP &gt;=5.1.2

8.0.0PHP &gt;=5.3

10.0.0-alpha1PHP &gt;=5.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c276f443673da81d365a16828d46818ea4e3136f7ce05491abcc70f43c82fa4c?d=identicon)[jrfnl](/maintainers/jrfnl)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c1ef3caa2b7d98cb0f2d9bee0e50c47d9a4613ccbb7b8b618b070384e0585604?d=identicon)[wimg](/maintainers/wimg)

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Top Contributors

[![jrfnl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/663378?v=4)](https://github.com/jrfnl "jrfnl (2726 commits)")[![wimg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/313511?v=4)](https://github.com/wimg "wimg (1615 commits)")[![MarkMaldaba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1492120?v=4)](https://github.com/MarkMaldaba "MarkMaldaba (31 commits)")[![sumpygump](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/676007?v=4)](https://github.com/sumpygump "sumpygump (22 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (13 commits)")[![afilina](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199835?v=4)](https://github.com/afilina "afilina (11 commits)")[![cabernet-zerve](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6884823?v=4)](https://github.com/cabernet-zerve "cabernet-zerve (11 commits)")[![okkun-sh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29437562?v=4)](https://github.com/okkun-sh "okkun-sh (7 commits)")[![Nikschavan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2931091?v=4)](https://github.com/Nikschavan "Nikschavan (7 commits)")[![fredden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334786?v=4)](https://github.com/fredden "fredden (5 commits)")[![ehpc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/324517?v=4)](https://github.com/ehpc "ehpc (4 commits)")[![octalmage](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142006?v=4)](https://github.com/octalmage "octalmage (4 commits)")[![jrchamp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/625298?v=4)](https://github.com/jrchamp "jrchamp (3 commits)")[![stevegrunwell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233836?v=4)](https://github.com/stevegrunwell "stevegrunwell (3 commits)")[![GaryJones](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88371?v=4)](https://github.com/GaryJones "GaryJones (2 commits)")[![gena01](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/312125?v=4)](https://github.com/gena01 "gena01 (2 commits)")[![kakakakakku](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1573290?v=4)](https://github.com/kakakakakku "kakakakakku (2 commits)")[![kenguest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/234118?v=4)](https://github.com/kenguest "kenguest (2 commits)")[![magikstm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24783458?v=4)](https://github.com/magikstm "magikstm (2 commits)")[![mbabker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/368545?v=4)](https://github.com/mbabker "mbabker (2 commits)")

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Tags

compatibilitystandardsphpcs

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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