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History

nikic 6d1f77132c Move Stmt\Namespace_::postprocess() to parser		2014-04-21 12:30:55 +02:00
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analyze.php	Remove node analysis from analyze.php and fix some other things about it	2011-08-14 15:52:57 +02:00
kmyacc.php.parser	Make names in the parser more descriptive	2014-04-20 23:05:51 +02:00
README.md	Port library to use namespaces, with BC for old names	2014-02-06 20:29:35 +01:00
rebuildParser.php	Separate parser code from generated data	2014-04-20 00:19:35 +02:00
zend_language_parser.phpy	Move Stmt\Namespace_::postprocess() to parser	2014-04-21 12:30:55 +02:00

README.md

What do all those files mean?

zend_language_parser.phpy: PHP grammer written in a pseudo language
analyze.php: Analyzes the .phpy-grammer and outputs some info about it
rebuildParser.php: Preprocesses the .phpy-grammar and builds the parser using kmyacc
kmyacc.php.parser: A kmyacc parser prototype file for PHP

.phpy pseudo language

The .phpy file is a normal grammer in kmyacc (yacc) style, with some transformations applied to it:

Nodes are created using the syntax Name[..., ...]. This is transformed into new Node\Name(..., ..., $attributes)
Name::abc is transformed to Node\Name::abc
Some function-like constructs are resolved (see rebuildParser.php for a list)
Associative arrays are written as [key: value, ...], which is transformed to array('key' => value, ...)

Building the parser

In order to rebuild the parser, you need moriyoshi's fork of kmyacc. After you compiled/installed it, run the rebuildParser.php script.

By default only the Parser.php is built. If you want to additionally build Parser/Debug.php and y.output run the script with --debug. If you want to retain the preprocessed grammar pass --keep-tmp-grammar.