https://github.com/thomasbachem/php-short-array-syntax-converter

Command-line script to convert PHP's array() syntax to PHP 5.4's short array syntax []
https://github.com/thomasbachem/php-short-array-syntax-converter

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Command-line script to convert PHP's array() syntax to PHP 5.4's short array syntax []

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/thomasbachem/php-short-array-syntax-converter
• Owner: thomasbachem
• Created: 2012-04-25T02:55:51.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-05-10T08:45:41.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T00:25:58.796Z (4 months ago)
• Language: PHP
• Size: 19.5 KB
• Stars: 373
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 35
• Open Issues: 7
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  • Readme: README.md

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PHP 5.4 Short Array Syntax Converter

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Command-line script to convert and revert PHP's `array()` syntax to PHP 5.4's short array syntax`[]` using PHP's built-in tokenizer.

By relying on the PHP tokenizer, nothing but the array syntax itself will be altered. The script was successfully tested against code bases with more than 5.000 PHP files.

Usage

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    Usage: php convert.php [-w] 

    

Run the script with the path of the PHP file you wish to convert as argument. This will print the converted source code to STDOUT. 

    

You can add the `-w` switch if you want to override the original file with the converted code.

If you want the script to process PHP files with short open tags (``) as well, you need to make sure that the [`short_open_tag`](http://php.net/manual/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag) setting is enabled in your `php.ini` file.

    

In case of any error, an error message is written to STDERR and the script exits with a return code of 1.

Use `find` to convert a whole directory recursively (on Linux/Mac):

    find  -name "*.php" -exec php "convert.php" -w "{}" \;

Or on Windows (thanks to John Jablonski for suggesting):

    FOR /f "tokens=*" %a in ('dir *.php /S/B') DO php convert.php %a -w

    

In case you don't trust the script yet, you can even perform a syntax check after conversion:

    find  -name "*.php" -exec php -l "{}" \; | grep "error:"

Revert

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    Usage: php revert.php [-w] 

**Reverting has not yet been thoroughly tested, so use with extreme percaution!**

Since there is no specific token for the short array syntax, it assumes every "[" is an aray and relies on checking the previous token for a variable, object property, function return ")", nested array "]" and variable reference "}".

Thanks to

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Thanks to [Lebenslauf.com](https://lebenslauf.com) (German CV editor) for sponsoring the development.