The PHP AutoloadBuilder CLI tool phpab is a command line application to automate the process of generating an autoload require file with the option of creating static require lists as well as phar archives.
- scan multiple directories recursively in one run, optionally follow symlinks, wildcards or based on composer.json
- Cache scan results
- Template based autoload code
- Custom variables for templates
- Compatibility mode for PHP 5.2 compliant autoloader
- Case sensitive as well as case insensitive classname mapping
- Phar generation, with or without compression and openssl key signing
- Static require list generation
- Opcache warming list generation
- Linting of generated code
- PHP 5.3+ (Runtime, for development / tests: 7.2+)
- Fileinfo (ext/fileinfo)
- Tokenizer (ext/tokenizer)
- For PHAR generation support:
- ext/phar (write enabled: phar.readonly = Off)
- ext/gzip (optional)
- ext/bzip2 (optional)
- ext/openssl (optional, for phar signing only)
The recommended way to install phpab is by using phive:
phive install phpab
If you do not have phive installed or want to install manually, you can download the PHAR archive from the Releases tab.
Please note: On Linux/Unix based system the phar needs to be marked executable for direct execution:
[theseer@rikka ~]$ chmod +x phpab*.phar
- Latest development snapshot (ZIP Archive)
- Releases (Source)
Usage: phpab [switches] <directory1|file1|/path/to/composer.json> [...<directoryN|fileN>]
-i, --include File pattern to include (default: *.php)
-e, --exclude File pattern to exclude
--blacklist Blacklist classname or namespace (wildcards supported)
--whitelist Whitelist classname or namespace (wildcards supported)
-b, --basedir Basedir for filepaths
-t, --template Path to code template to use
-o, --output Output file for generated code (default: STDOUT)
-p, --phar Create a phar archive (requires -o )
--all Include all files in given directory when creating a phar
--alias Specify explicit internal phar alias filename (default: output filename)
--hash Force given hash algorithm (SHA-1, SHA-256 or SHA-512) (requires -p, conflicts with --key)
--bzip2 Compress phar archive using bzip2 (requires -p) (bzip2 required)
--gzip Compress phar archive using gzip (requires -p) (gzip required)
--key OpenSSL key file to use for signing phar archive (requires -p) (openssl required)
-c, --compat Generate PHP 5.2 compatible code
-s, --static Generate a static require file
-w, --warm Generate a static opcache warming file
--reset Add opcache reset call when generating opcache warming file
-1, --prepend Register as first autoloader (prepend to stack, default: append)
-d, --no-exception Do not throw exception on registration problem (default: throw exception)
-n, --nolower Do not lowercase classnames for case insensitivity
-q, --quiet Quiet mode, do not output any processing errors or information
--cache <file> Enable caching and set filename to use for cache storage
--follow Enables following symbolic links (not compatible with phar mode)
--format Dateformat string for timestamp
--linebreak Linebreak style (CR, CRLF or LF, default: LF)
--indent String used for indenting or number of spaces (default: 16 (compat 12) spaces)
--tolerant Ignore Class Redeclarations in the same file
--once Use require_once instead of require when creating a static require file
--trusting Do not check mimetype of files prior to parsing (default)
--paranoid Do check mimetype of files prior to parsing
--var name=foo Assign value 'foo' to variable 'name' to be used in (custom) templates
--lint Run lint on generated code and exit
--lint-php PHP binary to use for linting (default: /usr/bin/php or c:\php\php.exe)
-h, --help Prints this usage information
-v, --version Prints the version and exits
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -o src/autoload.php -b src composer.json
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -o opcache_warming.php -w --reset src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -o src/autoload.inc.php src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -c -o src/autoload.inc.php src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -o src/core/autoload.inc.php -b src src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -p -o framework.phar -b src composer.json
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -p -o framework.phar framework/src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -p -o framework.phar --bzip2 --key sign.key framework/src
[theseer@rikka ~]$ phpab -b . --tolerant -o zf1_autoload.php -e '*/Test/*' Zend
When using phpab it is necessary to recreate the autoload file every time a new class is created.
This usually also happens after pulling from a repo or when switchting branches.
Using a git post-checkout hook placed in .git/hooks/post-update this can be automated for most cases.
#!/bin/bash
phpab -c -o src/autoload.inc.php src#!/bin/bash
if [ -f build.xml ]; then
ant -p | grep phpab > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
ant phpab > /dev/null &
fi
fiThe generated code is based uppon templates provided by default in the templates subfolder. The template engine allows for simply replacing of name based placeholders. For now, only a few default variables are defined but API hooks / CLI parameters exist to set custom variables.
Known variables are:
___CREATED___Set to a timestamp of creation, format can be adjusted___CLASSLIST___The found list classes in form of a generated map___BASEDIR___If a Basedir is set, the value will get removed from the file path and get replaced by DIR
Used in PHAR Mode only:
___PHAR___The filename of the generated phar or it's alias when --alias is given (see src/templates/phar.php.tpl)
Custom variables as defined by passing --var name=value via cli are accessed by pre- and appending ___ to it:
___name___Going to be replaced by the value provided via cli param
The changelog moved to its own document