PHPX is to PHP what JSX is to JS

Warning

Experimental project – give it a try

Turn PHPX syntax into PHP code

Source input:

<>
  <h1 className="title">Hello, {$name ?? ucfirst($type)}!</h1>
  <p>
    Welcome to the world of PHPX, where you can write PHP code in a JSX-like syntax.
    <img src="about:blank" alt="Happy coding!" /> forever!
  </p>
</>

Compiled output:

[
  ['$', 'h1', ['className'=>"title"], ['Hello, ', ($name ?? ucfirst($type)), '!']],
  ['$', 'p', null, [
    'Welcome to the world of PHPX, where you can write PHP code in a JSX-like syntax.',
    ['$', 'img', ['src'=>"about:blank", 'alt'=>"Happy coding!"]], ' forever!',
  ]],
]

Installation

Important

This project is not yet published to Packagist. You need to add the repository manually or clone the repository as a submodule.

Option 1: Add as a Git submodule

$ git submodule add [email protected]:attitude/phpx.git path/to/phpx

Option 2: Add as a dependency using Composer

Update composer.json of your project:

{
    ...,
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://github.com/attitude/phpx"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "attitude/phpx": "dev-main"
    }
}

$ composer install

Option 3: Download the repository as a ZIP

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Usage

<?php

require_once 'path/to/phpx/src/Compiler.php';

$phpx = new \Attitude\PHPX\Compiler();

$phpx->compile(<<<'PHPX'
<>
  <h1 className="title">Hello, {$name ?? ucfirst($type)}!</h1>
  <p>
    Welcome to the world of PHPX, where you can write PHP code in a JSX-like syntax.
    <img src="about:blank" alt="Happy coding!" /> forever!
  </p>
</>
PHPX);

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Enjoy!

Created by martin_adamko