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The Symfony Polyfill / PHP 7.1 Component
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    This component provides some PHP 7.1 features to applications using earlier
    PHP versions.

Installation
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.. code-block:: terminal

    $ composer require symfony/polyfill-php71

.. include:: /components/require_autoload.rst.inc

Usage
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Once this component is installed in your application, you can use the following
functions, no matter if your PHP version is earlier than PHP 7.1.

Provided Functions
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* :phpfunction:`is_iterable`