php-parse1

Command line interface for php parser

Usage

php-parse [operations] file1.php [file2.php ...]

php-parse [operations] "<?php code"

Overview

Turn PHP source code into an abstract syntax tree.

Operations is a list of the following options (--dump by default):

-d, --dump: Dump nodes using NodeDumper

-p, --pretty-print: Pretty print file using PrettyPrinter\Standard

-j, --json-dump: Print json_encode() result

--var-dump: var_dump() nodes (for exact structure)

-N, --resolve-names: Resolve names using NodeVisitor\NameResolver

-c, --with-column-info: Show column-numbers for errors (if available)

-P, --with-positions: Show positions in node dumps

-r, --with-recovery: Use parsing with error recovery

--version=VERSION: Target specific PHP version (default: newest)

-h, --help: Display this page

Example:

: php-parse -d -p -N -d file.php

: Dumps nodes, pretty prints them, then resolves names and dumps them again.

History

Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 9 (Stretch)
Debian 8 (Jessie)

--help since Debian 10 (Buster); --json-dump since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 13 (Trixie); --with-column-info since Debian 9 (Stretch); --with-positions since Debian 10 (Buster); --with-recovery since Debian 10 (Buster); -P since Debian 10 (Buster); -c since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 10 (Buster); -j since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -r since Debian 10 (Buster).

--serialize-xml until Debian 10 (Buster).