Generate PHP code, classes, namespaces etc. with a simple programmatical API.
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The recommended way to install is via Composer:
composer require nette/php-generator
- PhpGenerator 3.2 – 3.4 is compatible with PHP 7.1 to 7.4
- PhpGenerator 3.1 is compatible with PHP 7.1 to 7.3
- PhpGenerator 3.0 is compatible with PHP 7.0 to 7.3
- PhpGenerator 2.6 is compatible with PHP 5.6 to 7.3
Usage is very easy. Let's start with a straightforward example of generating class:
$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo');
$class
->setFinal()
->setExtends(ParentClass::class)
->addImplement(Countable::class)
->addTrait(Nette\SmartObject::class)
->addComment("Description of class.\nSecond line\n")
->addComment('@property-read Nette\Forms\Form $form');
// to generate PHP code simply cast to string or use echo:
echo $class;
// or use printer:
$printer = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Printer;
echo $printer->printClass($class);It will render this result:
/**
* Description of class.
* Second line
*
* @property-read Nette\Forms\Form $form
*/
final class Demo extends ParentClass implements Countable
{
use Nette\SmartObject;
}We can add constants and properties:
$class->addConstant('ID', 123);
$class->addProperty('items', [1, 2, 3])
->setPrivate()
->setStatic()
->addComment('@var int[]');It generates:
const ID = 123;
/** @var int[] */
private static $items = [1, 2, 3];And we can add methods with parameters:
$method = $class->addMethod('count')
->addComment('Count it.')
->addComment('@return int')
->setFinal()
->setProtected()
->setBody('return count($items ?: $this->items);');
$method->addParameter('items', []) // $items = []
->setReference() // &$items = []
->setType('array'); // array &$items = []It results in:
/**
* Count it.
* @return int
*/
final protected function count(array &$items = [])
{
return count($items ?: $this->items);
}If the property, constant, method or parameter already exist, it will be overwritten.
Members can be removed using removeProperty(), removeConstant(), removeMethod() or removeParameter().
PHP Generator supports all new PHP 7.3 and 7.4 features:
use Nette\PhpGenerator\Type;
$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo');
$class->addConstant('ID', 123)
->setPrivate(); // constant visiblity
$class->addProperty('items')
->setType(Type::ARRAY) // typed properites
->setNullable()
->setInitialized();
$method = $class->addMethod('getValue')
->setReturnType(Type::INT) // method return type
->setReturnNullable() // nullable return type
->setBody('return count($this->items);');
$method->addParameter('id')
->setType(Type::ARRAY) // scalar type hint
->setNullable(); // nullable type hint
echo $class;Result:
class Demo
{
private const ID = 123;
public ?array $items = null;
public function getValue(?int $id): ?int
{
return count($this->items);
}
}You can also add existing Method, Property or Constant objects to the class:
$method = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Method('getHandle');
$property = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Property('handle');
$const = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Constant('ROLE');
$class = (new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo'))
->addMember($method)
->addMember($property)
->addMember($const);You can clone existing methods, properties and constants with a different name using cloneWithName():
$methodCount = $class->getMethod('count');
$methodRecount = $methodCount->cloneWithName('recount');
$class->addMember($methodRecount);The generated code uses tabs for indentation. If you want to have the output compatible with PSR-2 or PSR-12, use PsrPrinter:
$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo');
// ...
$printer = new Nette\PhpGenerator\PsrPrinter;
echo $printer->printClass($class); // 4 spaces indentationIt can be used also for functions, closures, namespaces etc.
You can pass any PHP code to property or parameter default values via Literal:
use Nette\PhpGenerator\Literal;
$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo');
$class->addProperty('foo', new Literal('Iterator::SELF_FIRST'));
$class->addMethod('bar')
->addParameter('id', new Literal('1 + 2'));
echo $class;Result:
class Demo
{
public $foo = Iterator::SELF_FIRST;
public function bar($id = 1 + 2)
{
}
}$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('DemoInterface');
$class->setInterface();
// or $class->setTrait();$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Demo');
$class->addTrait('SmartObject', ['sayHello as protected']);
echo $class;Result:
class Demo
{
use SmartObject {
sayHello as protected;
}
}$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType(null);
$class->addMethod('__construct')
->addParameter('foo');
echo '$obj = new class ($val) ' . $class . ';';Result:
$obj = new class ($val) {
public function __construct($foo)
{
}
};Code of function:
$function = new Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction('foo');
$function->setBody('return $a + $b;');
$function->addParameter('a');
$function->addParameter('b');
echo $function;
// or use PsrPrinter for output compatible with PSR-2 / PSR-12
// echo (new Nette\PhpGenerator\PsrPrinter)->printFunction($function);Result:
function foo($a, $b)
{
return $a + $b;
}Code of closure:
$closure = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Closure;
$closure->setBody('return $a + $b;');
$closure->addParameter('a');
$closure->addParameter('b');
$closure->addUse('c')
->setReference();
echo $closure;
// or use PsrPrinter for output compatible with PSR-2 / PSR-12
// echo (new Nette\PhpGenerator\PsrPrinter)->printClosure($closure);Result:
function ($a, $b) use (&$c) {
return $a + $b;
}You can also print closure as arrow function using printer:
$closure = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Closure;
$closure->setBody('return $a + $b;');
$closure->addParameter('a');
$closure->addParameter('b');
// or use PsrPrinter for output compatible with PSR-2 / PSR-12
echo (new Nette\PhpGenerator\Printer)->printArrowFunction($closure);Result:
fn ($a, $b) => $a + $b;You can use special placeholders for handy way to generate method or function body.
Simple placeholders:
$str = 'any string';
$num = 3;
$function = new Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction('foo');
$function->addBody('return strlen(?, ?);', [$str, $num]);
echo $function;Result:
function foo()
{
return strlen('any string', 3);
}Variadic placeholder:
$items = [1, 2, 3];
$function = new Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction('foo');
$function->setBody('myfunc(...?);', [$items]);
echo $function;Result:
function foo()
{
myfunc(1, 2, 3);
}Escape placeholder using slash:
$num = 3;
$function = new Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction('foo');
$function->addParameter('a');
$function->addBody('return $a \? 10 : ?;', [$num]);
echo $function;Result:
function foo($a)
{
return $a ? 10 : 3;
}Classes, traits and interfaces (hereinafter classes) can be grouped into namespaces:
$namespace = new Nette\PhpGenerator\PhpNamespace('Foo');
$class = $namespace->addClass('Task');
$interface = $namespace->addInterface('Countable');
$trait = $namespace->addTrait('NameAware');
// or
$class = new Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType('Task');
$namespace->add($class);If the class already exists, it will be overwritten.
You can define use-statements:
$namespace->addUse(Http\Request::class); // use Http\Request;
$namespace->addUse(Http\Request::class, 'HttpReq'); // use Http\Request as HttpReq;IMPORTANT NOTE: when the class is part of the namespace, it is rendered slightly differently: all types (ie. type hints, return types, parent class name, implemented interfaces and used traits) are automatically resolved (unless you turn it off, see below). It means that you have to use full class names in definitions and they will be replaced with aliases (according to the use-statements) or fully qualified names in the resulting code:
$namespace = new Nette\PhpGenerator\PhpNamespace('Foo');
$namespace->addUse('Bar\AliasedClass');
$class = $namespace->addClass('Demo');
$class->addImplement('Foo\A') // it will resolve to A
->addTrait('Bar\AliasedClass'); // it will resolve to AliasedClass
$method = $class->addMethod('method');
$method->addComment('@return ' . $namespace->unresolveName('Foo\D')); // in comments resolve manually
$method->addParameter('arg')
->setType('Bar\OtherClass'); // it will resolve to \Bar\OtherClass
echo $namespace;
// or use PsrPrinter for output compatible with PSR-2 / PSR-12
// echo (new Nette\PhpGenerator\PsrPrinter)->printNamespace($namespace);Result:
namespace Foo;
use Bar\AliasedClass;
class Demo implements A
{
use AliasedClass;
/**
* @return D
*/
public function method(\Bar\OtherClass $arg)
{
}
}Auto-resolving can be turned off this way:
$printer = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Printer; // or PsrPrinter
$printer->setTypeResolving(false);
echo $printer->printNamespace($namespace);PHP files can contains multiple classes, namespaces and comments:
$file = new Nette\PhpGenerator\PhpFile;
$file->addComment('This file is auto-generated.');
$file->setStrictTypes(); // adds declare(strict_types=1)
$namespace = $file->addNamespace('Foo');
$class = $namespace->addClass('A');
$class->addMethod('hello');
echo $file;
// or use PsrPrinter for output compatible with PSR-2 / PSR-12
// echo (new Nette\PhpGenerator\PsrPrinter)->printFile($file);Result:
<?php
/**
* This file is auto-generated.
*/
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Foo;
class A
{
public function hello()
{
}
}Another common use case is to create class or method based on existing ones:
$class = Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType::from(PDO::class);
$function = Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction::from('trim');
$closure = Nette\PhpGenerator\Closure::from(
function (stdClass $a, $b = null) {}
);Method bodies are empty by default. If you want to load them as well, use this way
(it requires nikic/php-parser to be installed):
$class = Nette\PhpGenerator\ClassType::withBodiesFrom(MyClass::class);
$function = Nette\PhpGenerator\GlobalFunction::withBodyFrom('dump');The Dumper returns a parsable PHP string representation of a variable. It provides a better function that you can use instead of var_export()
with more readable output.
$dumper = new Nette\PhpGenerator\Dumper;
$var = ['a', 'b', 123];
echo $dumper->dump($var); // prints ['a', 'b', 123]