On Sun, Mar 15, 2026, at 15:14, Ben Ramsey wrote: > On 3/15/26 09:01, Daniil Gentili wrote: > >> > >> > >> I've seen adoption statistics mentioned a number of times in this thread > >> and a few times in the RFC, but I can't find anything that explains how > >> these statistics will be gathered and measured. Will this be determined > >> through community surveys? Will PHP need some kind of "phone home" > >> functionality to gather statistics about feature usage? > >> > > > > The plan is to use packagist installation statistics. > > > > I know those statistics show what versions of PHP are being used, so you > should be able to see what php-community versions are used, but can you > gather information on which experimental features within a php-community > version are actively used? > > Cheers, > Ben
Those statistics also only show you who is using composer. There are many communities that don't use packagist/composer at all or barely. (WordPress comes to mind immediately) — Rob
