nikic/PHP-Parser v4.0.0alpha1

PHP-Parser 4.0.0 Alpha 1

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This is the first alpha for a new major version of the PHP-Parser library. The biggest new feature in this release is an experimental pretty-printing mode, which preserves formatting for parts of the code which have not been modified.

For more information on BC breaks in this release see the upgrading guide.

Added

• Added experimental support for format-preserving pretty-printing. In this mode formatting will be preserved for parts of the code which have not been modified.
• Added replaceNodes option to NameResolver, defaulting to true. If this option is disabled, resolved names will be added as resolvedName attributes, instead of replacing the original names.
• Added NodeFinder class, which can be used to find nodes based on a callback or class name. This is a utility to avoid custom node visitor implementations for simple search operations.
• Added ClassMethod::isMagic() method.
• Added BuilderFactory methods: val() method for creating an AST for a simple value, concat() for creating concatenation trees, args() for preparing function arguments.
• Added NameContext class, which encapsulates the NameResolver logic independently of the actual AST traversal. This facilitates use in other context, such as class names in doc comments. Additionally it provides an API for getting the shortest representation of a name.
• Added Node::setAttributes() method.
• Added JsonDecoder. This allows convertion JSON back into an AST.
• Added Name methods toLowerString() and isSpecialClassName().
• Added Identifier and VarLikeIdentifier nodes, which are used in place of simple strings in many places.
• Added getComments(), getStartLine(), getEndLine(), getStartTokenPos(), getEndTokenPos(), getStartFilePos() and getEndFilePos() methods to Node. These provide a more obvious access point for the already existing attributes of the same name.
• Added ConstExprEvaluator to evaluate constant expressions to PHP values.
• Added Expr\BinaryOp::getOperatorSigil(), returning + for Expr\BinaryOp\Plus, etc.

Changed

• Many subnodes that previously held simple strings now use Identifier (or VarLikeIdentifier) nodes. Please see the UPGRADE-4.0 file for an exhaustive list of affected nodes and some notes on possible impact.
• Expression statements (expr;) are now represented using a Stmt\Expression node. Previously these statements were directly represented as their constituent expression.
• The name subnode of Param has been renamed to var and now contains a Variable rather than a plain string.
• The name subnode of StaticVar has been renamed to var and now contains a Variable rather than a plain string.
• The var subnode of ClosureUse now contains a Variable rather than a plain string.
• The var subnode of Catch now contains a Variable rather than a plain string.
• The alias subnode of UseUse is now null if no explicit alias is given. As such, use Foo\Bar and use Foo\Bar as Bar are now represented differently. The getAlias() method can be used to get the effective alias, even if it is not explicitly given.

Removed

• Support for running on PHP 5 and HHVM has been removed. You can however still parse code of old PHP versions (such as PHP 5.2), while running on PHP 7.
• Removed type subnode on Class, ClassMethod and Property nodes. Use flags instead.
• The ClassConst::isStatic() method has been removed. Constants cannot have a static modifier.
• The NodeTraverser no longer accepts false as a return value from a leaveNode() method. NodeTraverser::REMOVE_NODE should be returned instead.
• The Node::setLine() method has been removed. If you really need to, you can use setAttribute() instead.
• The misspelled Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFER_MASK constant has been dropped in favor of Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFIER_MASK.
• The XML serializer has been removed. As such, the classes Serializer\XML, and Unserializer\XML, as well as the interfaces Serializer and Unserializer no longer exist.
• The BuilderAbstract class has been removed. It's functionality is moved into BuilderHelpers. However, this is an internal class and should not be used directly.