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November 7th, 2012, 09:18 PM

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hi all, new to the forum, new to programming. I'm working on a little project, and i could use a little help/guidance.

I'm trying to make a class that will crawl any php source, and then build an array of all the classes and their methods.

I'm totally new to programming and have no clue where to start or how to get it done. so i would like any feedback you guys might have, if there are any libraries or classes that do this.

Thanks,

November 7th, 2012, 10:23 PM

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Look at the reflectionClass.

Note that recursively parsing programming language syntax is not the best way to learn a language. It's a bit out of your depth.

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November 7th, 2012, 11:46 PM

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Thanks, That's the ticket. My main objective here is to create an intuitive UI to navigate through my framework's classes and methods. And i just needed a place to start, so thanks.

I was looking at using regex to parse the files as plain text, but i did not want to get into that kind of dredging.... so thanks i never knew about the ReflectionClass AWESOME!

November 8th, 2012, 08:21 AM

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Always describe your problem. Don't ask how to do what you've decided is the solution.

PHPDocumenter does this already.

November 8th, 2012, 12:18 PM

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Very well, my end goal is to be able to read a php file, and come up with an array or all classes, and nested with in a class all it's methods. I will be using this to drive a GUI that highlights your systems objects, classes, and methods. and will provide an interactive UML or sorts. i have most of the JS ready, just need the php part.

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thanks, im not trying to make a UML or diagram....

I never thought you were.

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My end goal is to come up with li or divs, each one representing a method, or through a stack of methods a class, so i can produce a GUI for navigating and managing one's classes and methods.

That is exactly what PHPDocumenter does. PHP.net is made with PHPDocumenter.

November 8th, 2012, 12:24 PM

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ok i will look at phpDocumenter, thanks

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