PHP-PARSE(1)

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version 5.8.0 · 6 versions
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💅 NAME 💅

php-parse — the command line interface for PHP Parser, bestie. It's a page in the User Commands section of the manual (section 1, iykyk).

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

php-parse [operations] file1.php [file2.php ...]
php-parse [operations] "<?php code"

Like, you can hand it actual .php files, or you can just scream a PHP snippet at it in quotes. Both work. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the whole vibe: it takes your PHP source code and turns it into an abstract syntax tree. That's it, that's the job. Your code goes in 🌸, a big beautiful tree of nodes comes out 👑.

And operations? That's just a list of the options down below, and if you don't pick any, --dump is what you get by default. No thoughts, just dumping. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -d, --dump — Dumps the nodes using NodeDumper. The classic, the default, the moment. ✨
  • -p, --pretty-print — Pretty prints the file using PrettyPrinter\Standard. Yes bestie, it makes it PRETTY. 💅
  • -j, --json-dump — Prints the result of json_encode(). For when you want your AST in JSON form, no cap. 🌈
  • --var-dump — var_dump()s the nodes, for that exact structure. Every type, every key, every crumb. 🔍
  • -N, --resolve-names — Resolves names using NodeVisitor\NameResolver. Names? Resolved. Periodt. 💜
  • -c, --with-column-info — Shows column numbers for errors (if available, so like, don't come for it if they're not 🙈).
  • -P, --with-positions — Shows positions in node dumps. Everything has a place and it's showing you where. 📍
  • -r, --with-recovery — Uses parsing with error recovery. It's giving resilience, it's giving "we move." 🧚
  • --version=VERSION — Target a specific PHP version. Default is newest, because we stay current obviously. ⭐
  • -h, --help — Displays this page. Hi, you're here, iconic. 🥰

🌸 Example: 🌸

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

Okay so read it with me: it Dumps nodes, pretty prints them, then resolves names and dumps them again. Four things, one command, main character energy. 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 This gorgeousness is from php-parse version 5.8.0, dated July 2026, and it lives in the PHP-PARSE(1) manual. Slay, bye!! 🎀🦋🌸

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